The Aristocrat and the Able Seaman Format:Hardback Douglas contributes to true crime

Douglas contributes to true crime shows on TV and radio and is a regular on the crime writing festival circuit

it’s built to endure the daily demands of life on patrol vessels or at the chart table

so you know what is ahead

It’s a companion as well as a guide

as are the diagrams and well-chosen illustrations

The Aristocrat and the Able Seaman Format:Hardback Douglas contributes to true crimeWhen Titanic left Southampton in 1912, neither the Aristocrat, The Countess of Rothes, nor the Able Seaman, Thomas Jones, imagined meeting, let alone navigating a tiny lifeboat together at night, among towering icebergs. But Jones put Nol Rothes at the tiller of his boat when he realised her calm capability, and for seven long hours they did all they could to shepherd at least twenty five others to safety. Their ordeal forged an unlikely affinity that