The Girl on the Carpathia: A Novel of the Titanic

by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

Overview

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North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston is a witness to history as the RMS Carpathia responds to the Titanic's desperate SOS. Kate plans to escape personal tragedy by fleeing to Europe but everything changes when the Carpathia races to save the Titanic's survivors.

Forced to return to New York, Kate abandons her hope of escape and becomes embroiled as a vital witness in the high profile Senate investigation of the disaster.

Fueled by public rage and political in-fighting, the investigation becomes a witch-hunt. Although Kate knows the truth she's terrified that pitting her eyewitness account against ruthless, powerful men will leave her ruined. As she struggles to make a decision, her heart leads her to two men - a powerful lawman and a handsome young radio operator.

Can Kate find happiness in the midst of tragedy?

Meticulously researched and using actual witness testimony, The Girl on the Carpathia begins where most Titanic stories end and answers the questions "What happened next?" and "Who was to blame?"

The Girl on the Carpathia is a gripping standalone historical novel inspired by real events. If you like passionate characters, surprising revelations, and endearing romances, then you'll love Eileen Enwright Hodgetts' seamless blend of fact and fiction.

Buy The Girl on the Carpathia to discover hidden Titanic secrets today!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578903200
Publisher:	Emerge Publishing Group, LLC
Publication date:	04/25/2021
Series:	Novels of the Titanic
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

Editorial Reviews

10/25/2021

The latest polished historical novel from Hodgetts (author of the Excalibur Rising and Toby Whitby series) cleverly mixes fact with fiction in this story of a governess embroiled in Senate hearings following the RMS Carpathia’s rescue of survivors of the RMS Titanic. Kate Royston escaped painful memories of her past by finding work as a governess aboard the Carpathia; she assists in caring for Titanic survivors, including wireless operator Danny McSorley, a man she’s drawn to, and elderly Eva Trentham, who wants Kate’s assistance in sending a Marconigram message to U.S. Senator William Smith, urging him to conduct a hearing into the catastrophe. Upon the Carpathia’s arrival in New York, Kate attracts the interest of Sheriff Joe Bayliss who is charged with issuing subpoenas to the Titanic’s crew for the hearings before they can escape out to sea. Kate watches the hearings while acting as a companion to Eva and weighing her feelings for Danny, believing that cowardice led him to claim a seat on a lifeboat.

Hodgetts excels at setting vivid fiction in a convincingly realized past. She finds compelling drama in a Senate inquiry populated with historical figures, crafting a fast-paced, expertly written story that immerses readers from page one. Her focus on class disparities among the Titanic’s survivors, and the discrimination faced by the steerage survivors, is chilling and resonant, a reminder of the treatment visited uponimmigrants to the U.S., such as the “humiliating so-called health examinations” endured by women.

Unlike so many Titanic stories, Hodgetts highlights the aftermath. Her reimagining of the crowded conditions on the Carpathia, the hunt for the Titanic’s crew, and the media frenzy that followed the disaster offers a fascinating new perspective, all while Kate strives to reinvent herself after the financial downfall of her family and navigate the upper-class society where she once belonged.

Takeaway: This resonant historical novel finds a young woman facing the aftermath of the Titanic disaster.

Great for fans of: Walter Lord’s The Night Lives On, John Maxtone-Graham’s Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner.

Production grades Cover: A Design and typography: A Illustrations: N/A Editing: A Marketing copy: B+

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