Dangerous waters

By Gregory Mone

Subjects: Tutors and tutoring, Books and reading, Historical fiction, Robbers and outlaws, Social classes, Brigands and robbers, Books and reading, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Titanic (Steamship), Titanic (steamship), fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, Robbers and outlaws, fiction, Thieves

Description: Determined to focus on work rather than books, as his father had, twelve-year-old Patrick Waters leaves Belfast as a steward on the Titanic, but the very wealthy Harry Widener arranges to tutor him, drawing Patrick into association with thieves seeking Harry's very rare edition of Francis Bacon's Essays.