Four Thousand Lives Lost: The Inquiries of Lord Mersey Into the Sinking of the Titanic, The Empress of Ireland, the Falaba and the Lusitania

A unique legal drama and an entirely new perspective on some of the most famous maritime disasters in history
Over a period of four years, four ships were lost under different circumstances and 4,000 lives with them—but one thing links them all: it was John Charles Bigham, Lord Mersey, who was appointed to head the inquiries into each disaster. Mersey is oftern referred to in contemptuous terms in the many Titanic and Lusitania forums, as a "company man," or a government stooge. But is this...