When this novel was published it generated a fascination with the sinking of the Titanic that has lasted for years. In this dramatic and historic re-creation of the bravery and agony that marked that fateful night, distinguished author and historian Walter Lord paints a vivid portrait of the last hours of the Titanic's first and final voyage.

"On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest-and soon most famous-ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the ocean...

Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.

After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be their ticket to a better life.

Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivorsto the disaster.

Describes the ocean liner Titanic, its maiden voyage, and its sinking, and discusses the recent discovery and exploration of the ship's remains on the ocean floor using deep-diving robots.

Edwina Winfield was returning from her engagement trip to England with her fiancé, her parents, and her five siblings, excited to be on the maiden voyage of the greatest ship ever built--the Titanic. In one unforgettable night, the sea shattered the lives and the future of the Winfields.