Daughter Of The Titanic

By (author) Cauchi, Caroline
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Inspired by a true story, this is a moving reimagining of loss, legacy and the fragile truth between memory and myth…
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Inspired by a true story, this is a moving reimagining of loss, legacy and the fragile truth between memory and myth…

She was never meant to be a symbol, but the world made her one

In 1912, fourteen-year-old Helen ‘Melville’ Smith loses her father, Captain Edward J. Smith of the Titanic. In the decades that follow, she becomes the reluctant keeper of a story the world insists on telling for her: unlucky, cursed, tragic.

Sixty years later, Oxford academic Catherine Haynes discovers a mislabelled portrait and a trail of forgotten papers that lead her to the woman behind the myth.

In a series of interviews, Mel recounts the truth behind the headlines – the quiet rebellions, the dangerous loves, the secrets she burned, and the one fragment of her past she refuses to let go…

Inspired by a true story, this is a moving reimagining of loss, legacy and the fragile truth between memory and myth…

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''Fresh, evocative … historical fiction at its absolute best’ Gill Paul

‘Vibrant … unapologetic raw honesty … elegant’ Historical Novel Society

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PRAISE FOR CAROLINE CAUCHI:
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“As intricate and absorbing as a Van Gogh painting…MRS VAN GOGH will stay with me for a long time.” New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor
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“All the characters jump off the page…what we have here is a very fine novel.” Historical Novel Society
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“[A] brilliantly fictionalized account of the life of a woman who the world needs to know better” Lit Hub
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“What an exquisitely written book, I loved every moment! How lucky readers are going to be to read this utterly absorbing and deeply moving book for the first time. Such a treat!” USA Today bestseller Deborah Carr
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“A truly impressive book and a great talent.” Sunday Times bestseller Caroline Corcoran
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“Brings to vivid life an extraordinary woman… will appeal to all lovers of historical fiction. A story that deserves to be told and widely known.” Essie Fox
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This book is exquisite! Everything about Johanna''s story is astoundingly beautiful and hers is a story that need