They included a multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine, who had eloped to escape the gossip-mongers. Only Madeleine and their unborn child would make it home. Then there was Daniel Marvin, whose wedding to Mary Farquarson was the first recorded on film. The groom helped his younmg bride onto a life raft but refused to save himself. And there were Edward and Ethel Beane, who had saved up for six years to get married and lost everything on the Titantic. They survived, but refused ever to talk about what happened to them.

About the Author

Gill Paul is the author of more than 30 books, including biographies and self-help titles and the novels Enticement and Compulsion. Consultant editor Bruce Beveridge is author of several books about the Titantic, including his recent two-part opus: Titantic: The Ship Magnificent.