Titanic Calling by Michael Hughes

Titanic Calling by Michael Hughes

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Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages to re-tell this legendary story as it was first heard.

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Titanic Calling by Michael Hughes

Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages to re-tell this legendary story as it was first heard.
'This book provides an excellent secondary resource for scholars of early wireless communications and will be of great interest to Titanic enthusiasts on this recent centenary of its sinking* Choice *
'Informative and quite beautiful.' * London Review of Books *
Michael Hughes is Senior Archivist at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, where he catalogued the Marconi Archives. Katherine Bosworth works at Bernard Quaritch Ltd where she specialises in archives.
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ISBN 13 9781851243778
ISBN 10 1851243771
Title Titanic Calling
Author Michael Hughes
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bodleian Library
Year published 2012-04-14
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.