Summary of Hugh Brewster's Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage

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#1 The Titanic was a microcosm of the Edwardian world, and her sinking is often viewed as a warning bell for a complacent society steaming toward catastrophe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822512139

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Insights on Hugh Brewster's Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Titanic was a microcosm of the Edwardian world, and her sinking is often viewed as a warning bell for a complacent society steaming toward catastrophe.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The passengers on the Train Transatlantique were excited to be arriving at Cherbourg, where they would be able to board the Titanic. The most important person Martin had to appease was John Jacob Astor IV, who was not only the wealthiest passenger waiting to board the Titanic, but a friend of the White Star Line’s chairman, J. Bruce Ismay.

#2

Millet was a man who was always in motion. He was an artist, but he also constantly found himself getting drawn into other fields. He was always present at the major events of his day.

#3

The artist colony in the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, England, was the home base of Millet’s wife, Lily, and his friend Mark Twain. It was there that Sargent painted a portrait of Lily Millet looking ravishing in a white dress and mauve shawl with her black hair swept high.

#4

The World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 was the pinnacle of neoclassicism in America. It was a staggering display of domes, porticos, colonnades, and loggias all covered in a white finish and lit by white electric bulbs.

#5

The American Academy in Rome was created in 1902 to showcase American paintings and sculpture. Charles F. McKim, one of the partners in the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, spearheaded the academy project. In 1904, Morgan purchased Britain’s prestigious White Star Line and combined it with other shipping acquisitions to form a trust called the International Mercantile Marine.

#6

The launch of the Titanic was a success, and Lord Pirrie hosted a luncheon for Morgan, Ismay, and a select list of guests in the shipyard’s offices. The construction of the leviathans Olympic and Titanic was hailed as a positive example of the vitality and progressive instincts of the Anglo-Saxon race.

#7

On April 10, 1912, Frank Millet waited for the ship that would bring Morgan to France. He was excited to see the new American Academy building in Rome, which he thought would be greater than those of the other countries.

#8

After five o’clock that afternoon, with the luggage loaded aboard the Cherbourg tenders, passengers began making their way toward their gangways. Frank approached the Nomadic, his weary mood