The Wreck of the Titan

Once seen as a prediction of the sinking of the Titanic, this novella was written�14 years before that ill-fated event of 1912?now, on the centenary anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, the striking similarities can be examined again in this new edition

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John Rowland, a disgraced former Royal Navy lieutenant, has taken employment as a lowly deck hand aboard the largest ship ever to have sailed, the Titan. One night in deep fog, the�ship strikes a gigantic iceberg and sinks almost immediately. Written 14�years before the Titanic's sinking,�this novella�has been hailed in equal measures as a prophetic work and the work of pure coincidence. Certainly the similarities are striking: two unsinkable ships steam ahead in treacherous conditions, carrying privileged passengers, with insufficient lifeboats aboard.