Titanic Survivor
The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop
Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters
Violet Jessop
Edited by John Maxtone-Graham
After a childhood in Argentina and formative years in England, Violet Jessop spent her
entire career at sea. She was a stewardess for first-class passengers on the Titanic and
she wrote an absolutely unique eyewitness account on the most written-about disaster of
our time. Four years later, Violet was a nurse aboard the hospital ship Britannic when it
struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. But Titanic Survivor is much more.
Violet Jessop's life story gives us a unique vantage point, whether in pantry, on deck or
in a lifeboat. Jessop had a knack for spinning fascinating tales of fellow stewards,
wartime alarums, impossible passengers, philandering shipmates, exotic ports and tragic
deaths.
A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that
could be told only by a Titanic Survivor.
272 pp., 35 b&w photos and documents. 1997. 1574090356
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