Women and Children First: Bravery, love and fate: the untold story of the doomed Titanic

After breakfast on Sunday morning, Annie McGeown went with her…

Chapter Twelve

As passengers began arriving for breakfast on Sunday morning, Reg…

Chapter Thirteen

John was worried about Reg. He seemed distracted on this…

Chapter Fourteen

‘I hope there isn’t some kind of illness being passed…

Chapter Fifteen

The engines had stopped almost immediately, and the silence that…

Chapter Sixteen

Annie McGeown was lying in her bunk unable to get…

Chapter Seventeen

As Reg walked along B Deck, passengers were beginning to…

Chapter Eighteen

When she woke, for a few seconds Juliette couldn’t remember…

Chapter Nineteen

‘Annie? It’s Eileen.’ The words were accompanied by urgent knocking.

Chapter Twenty

Reg walked over to the port side of the boat…

Chapter Twenty-One

A surge of third-class passengers arrived on the boat deck,…

Chapter Twenty-Two

The water came faster than Reg had expected and he…

Chapter Twenty-Three

Annie sat huddled on a bench in Lifeboat 13, so…

Chapter Twenty-Four

As she watched the Titanic sliding beneath the water, Juliette’s…

Chapter Twenty-Five

Reg was shivering convulsively and if it hadn’t been for…

Chapter Twenty-Six

‘Was that a shooting star?’

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Throughout the night, Annie sat still and silent, her chest…

Chapter Twenty-Eight

In the doctor’s consulting room, Reg was stripped of his…

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Annie stood on deck watching until the last lifeboat had…

Chapter Thirty

Juliette found that she couldn’t stop crying. It was humiliating…

Chapter Thirty-One

Reg was badly shaken by his conversation with Annie. He…

Chapter Thirty-Two

The first-and second-class areas on the Carpathia were much smaller…

Chapter Thirty-Three

When Reg opened his eyes, he was momentarily confused to…

Chapter Thirty-Four

Mildred persuaded Annie to share her first-class suite, which had…

Chapter Thirty-Five

Reg returned to the doctor’s surgery to have the bloodied…

PART TWO