EARLY MORNING ON APRIL 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic, on her glorious maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, sank after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Thus the ship declared to be unsinkable was lost in one of the most infamous tragedies in history. Even now, a century later, the events surrounding the Titanic continue to haunt and intrigue us.
Critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices...

Previously undiscovered wreckage from the Titanic suggests that the doomed ship may have broken in half while nearly horizontal and gone down before most of the passengers knew what was happening.

Introduction -- Building the legend -- The voyage begins -- Ship of dreams -- That fateful Sunday -- A deadly encounter -- To the lifeboats -- Death of a titan -- Rescue -- Aftermath -- Questions -- Discovery -- The Titanic legacy. A huge ocean liner, its lights blazing, its band playing, is slowly sinking in a calm sea. To most people this image evokes one name alone - the Titanic. Eighty years after this great maritime disaster the haunting saga...

"The sinking of the Titanic was far more than a simple accident. It was a tragedy that could have been prevented. It was the result of a long chain of mistakes: a fatal series of avoidable human errors that sent the Titanic and more than half of her passengers to their watery graves"--Container.