The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost

The Other Side of Night:  This book is really good.  It details the night from the points of view of the Carpathia and the Californian, and to how their Captains, Arthur Rostron and Stanley Lord, reacted that night.  We've seen the movies and we've seen what happened from the Titanic's point of view many times in print and on the screen.  This was great as it shows us a different perspective.  Arthur Rostron and the crew of the Carpathia are widely praised for their reaction to the Titanic sinking while Stanley Lord and the crew of the California were scorned for their lack of urgency and reaction.  If you have any interest in the subject this is an easy read as you'll want to know what was happening on these other ships and what shaped their responses.  I enjoyed learning more about that as well as what happened when the ships returned to port, the investigation and to what happed in years to come.  This is done from a critical eye from an expertise of the shipping industry, where it was, how ships dealt with emergencies like this and how other ships would normally react.  There's so much taken from the actual accounts from the crew members as well as those travelling aboard the ships.  It gave insight I'd never seen before.  I highly recommend this book.