Buy this book on-line YARDLEY, IAIN: : NINETY SECONDS AT ZEEBRUGGE - The Herald of Free Enterprise StoryUK,STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.THE HISTORY PRESS,2014. ISBN 9780752497839.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour illustrated front panel of dw/dj with pale grey+white lettering,similar lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with survivors' quotes; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - a small 10mm closed tear to front lower corner tip vicinity,another tiny 4mm nick near foot of rear spine's gutters - but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,publisher's sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with a small,production(?) fault - of a tiny abrasion spot.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-272pp [paginated] includes 6 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w+colour photographs in several blocks interspersed throughout the text and the book,a glossary+abbreviations,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table with acknowledgements to its reverse.
The Herald of Free Enterprise set sail on a routine voyage to Dover in March 1987,carrying hundreds of passengers,including British army personnel,day-trippers and drivers.Minutes after leaving Zeebrugge,the ferry began to capsize.Terrified passengers were separated from loved ones in a seething mass of humanity and in freezing cold water,fighting for their lives.This is the minute-by-minute account from people who lived through the disaster,from the event to rescue, reunion and repatriation.The Belgian people are also remembered for the care and comfort they gave to the bewildered and grief-stricken survivors.
Including plans,photographs and records that consider how this disaster impacted ferry operating procedures forever,Iain Yardley's thoughtful study covers every aspect of this tragedy.Contributions from many survivors, relatives and rescue workers,make this book a fitting tribute to all involved from that night to the present day.
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