Amanda/Miranda
Worth buying if: Titanic fiction with high-stakes class intrigue.
Skip it if: You need a contemporary setting far from Edwardian manners.
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Summary
Richard Peck’s Amanda/Miranda follows a lady’s maid drawn into her mistress’s glittering Edwardian world aboard the Titanic, where disaster sparks a daring shift in identity. Class, luck, and survival collide as a single name opens doors—and locks others.
Why this book now
Titanic-era intrigue and class drama remain irresistible, and Peck’s taut take feels freshly sharp in a world still fascinated by 1912’s most famous voyage.
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- Titanic fiction with high-stakes class intrigue.
- Richard Peck’s brisk, cutting historical voice.
- If humor is important, the narrator’s perspective shifts your trust.
- You need a contemporary setting far from Edwardian manners.
- You prefer meditative, plot-light character studies over identity gambits.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780803724891
Worth buying if: Titanic fiction with high-stakes class intrigue.
Skip it if: You need a contemporary setting far from Edwardian manners.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 169 pages, it’s a swift historical novel you can finish in a weekend, with enough tension to keep you turning pages in a single sitting.
What stands out here
This 1999 Penguin Group USA edition runs 169 pages, presenting Peck’s lean prose and tightly wound plot without extras to distract from the story’s snap.
Best way to approach it
Lean in for atmosphere—names, gowns, and cabin doors matter—and read in one or two sittings to feel the mounting dread and the aftermath of the crossing.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780803724891
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