A new book recounts how the press fabricated the myth of Captain Smith's suicide, which ruined the lives of his widow and ...

Over 1,500 people died when the RMS Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, following its fateful collision with an iceberg in one ...

Shutterstock Image While everyone knows the outcome of the Titanic and its devastating last day, no one knows for certain how ...

But it’s all been settled with the release of a new book by Dan E. Parkes who claims that Smith died in the water with his ...

A new book by Dan E Parkes about the death of the Titanic's Captain Edward John Smith is making waves across the globe.

One of the more recognizable figures from the Titanic is the ship’s captain, Edward Smith. In his new book Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and the Spy, out now from Amberley Publishing ...

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...

He attempted suicide and was also given a five-year ... just 0.5 knots below its top speed of 23 knots. The Titanic's captain, Edward Smith, has therefore been apportioned with blame.

In a new book, author Dan E. Parkes explores the mystery surrounding RMS Titanic captain Edward Smith's death during the ship's infamous sinking Parkes utilizes eyewitness accounts from the tragedy, ...