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The latest book review is now available. It considers two new biographies of Commander Charles Lightoller, ‘the most senior officer to survive the loss’ of the Titanic, and who served with distinction in the First World War and contributed to the evacuation from Dunkirk.

Two New Lives of ‘The Unsinkable’ Lightoller: Unsinkable Lights: Charles H. Lightoller’s Epic Tale of Hope and Survival & Houdini of the Sea: Charles Lightoller’s Great Escapes

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