And the Band Played On: The enthralling account of what happened after the Titanic sank

Zusatztext The devastating impact of Jock's death and the ensuing saga of family friction and duplicity that emerges add depth to the Titanic story. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Ward is the grandson of Jock Hume, at 21 the youngest member of the Titanics orchestra. Christopher joined the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne aged 17, and moved to Merseyside to become the Daily Mirrors Liverpool correspondent at the height of Beatlemania. In his early twenties, he moved to London, writing a column in the Mirror for more than ten years. At 38 he became Fleet Streets then youngest editor when he was appointed editor of the Daily Express . He left, aged 42, to co-found Redwood, Europes first customer magazine agency, of which he is Chairman today. He lives in the Scottish Borders, seventy miles from Jock Hume`s birth place in Dumfries. Klappentext AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family. Zusammenfassung AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.

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AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.

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Christopher Ward is the grandson of Jock Hume, at 21 the youngest member of the Titanics orchestra. Christopher joined the *Evening Chronicle* in Newcastle-upon-Tyne aged 17, and moved to Merseyside to become the *Daily Mirrors Liverpool correspondent at the height of Beatlemania. In his early twenties, he moved to London, writing a column in the *Mirror for more than ten years. At 38 he became Fleet Streets then youngest editor when he was appointed editor of the *Daily Express*. He left, aged 42, to co-found Redwood, Europes first customer magazine agency, of which he is Chairman today. He lives in the Scottish Borders, seventy miles from Jock Hume`s birth place in Dumfries.

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AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.