Authors Lynch and Marschall have also located and photographed fittings and fixtures from the Titantic's nearly identical sister ship, the Olympic, and can thus reveal the Edwardian splendor of the ship's interior in colorful visual spreads. The pages of Titanic: An Illustrated History also display hundreds of archival photographs, paintings and illustrations, many published here for the first time. Encyclopedic in scope, this volume is an invaluable sourcebook of Titanic lore.

Historian Don Lynch, the foremost expert on the people aboard the Titanic has compiled a text filled with enthralling information about the crew, the passengers and the ship itself. From the sight of water crashing through the glass-domed roof of the first-class staircase to a view of an underwater robot exploring the remains of the staircase seven decades later, each of the original Marschall paintings displayed here has a breathtaking impact. Through dozens of full color, accurate paintings and illustrations by Titanic artist Ken Marschall, readers can again experience what it was like to sail on history's most famous ship. Now, republished in one splendidly illustrated volume, the complete story of the giant luxury liner that sank on its maiden voyage in April, 1912 is recreated. To most people, this image evokes one name alone - the Titanic.ġ19 years after this great maritime disaster, the haunting saga of the Titanic continues to fascinate the world. In his scene he watches his character's son spin a top on the boat deck.At one time Lynch also worked as Controller for a division of a major defense company.A huge ocean liner, its lights blazing, its band playing, is slowly sinking in a calm sea.

Lynch assisted James Cameron during the production of the film Titanic in 1997 and also appears, uncredited, in the film as passenger Frederic Spedden.

Lynch has appeared on several television documentaries about the sinking of the Titanic. He has collaborated with several other authors and documentary filmmakers as a consultant and archival material supplier. His research includes interviews with survivors of the maritime disaster and dives to the Titanic shipwreck at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Lynch has an extensive collection of Titanic memorabilia and even more extensive knowledge of the subject, having researched the RMS Titanic along with Marschall since the early 1970s. He co-authored the book Titanic: An Illustrated History in 1992 with Ken Marschall and later co-authored Ghosts of the Abyss. Don Lynch is a historian with the Titanic Historical Society.

Titanic by Don Lynch