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The incredible true story of just one of the group members who once performed whilst the Titanic sank, April 14, 1912 compiled by his grandson On, when the Titanic hit an iceberg on her behalf maiden voyage and sank, 1,500 passengers and crew lost their lives. Whilst the order to abandon ship was handed, the band got their devices on-deck and continued to perform as the ship transpired. The violinist, 21-year-old Jock Hume, understood that his girlfriend, Mary, was expecting their first child, the writer's mother. A millennium later, Christopher Ward shows a remarkable tale of love, loss, and betrayal, and the disastrous effect of Jock's demise on two different Scottish households. He offers a vibrant picture of an era by which course decided the way people lived—and died. This exceptional bit of historical detective work can also be a moving account of the way the writer's search to find out more about his grandpa exposed the surprising truth about a household he thought he understood, a truth that were hidden for nearly 100 decades.