W. B. Bartlett is the author of eleven history books including TITANIC: 9 HOURS TO HELL, THE SURVIVORS' STORY ('Quite the best and most level-headed telling of the whole story I have ever read' THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY; 'So enthralling that you can almost hear the ghosts of the drowned, pressing to share their memories of that night of terror' THE DAILY MAIL), THE DAM BUSTERS: IN THE WORDS OF THE BOMBER CREWS, LEGENDS OF BLOOD: THE VAMPIRE IN HISTORY & MYTH and ASSASSINS: THE STORY OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM'S SECRET SECT. He lives in Bournemouth.