A Night to Remember

Walter Lord recreates the final hours of the RMS Titanic through a chronological sequence of events beginning at 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912. Relying on interviews with over sixty survivors, the narrative tracks the transition from the initial iceberg collision to the ship’s eventual disappearance beneath the North Atlantic. Lord documents specific interactions involving Captain Edward Smith, Thomas Andrews, and various passengers across all three classes. He details the mechanical failures, the shortage of lifeboats, and the confusion regarding the nearby SS Californian.

This work serves historians and readers interested in maritime disasters and Edwardian social structures. It provides a minute-by-minute log of how different socioeconomic groups reacted to the unfolding crisis under the "women and children first" protocol. Readers walk away with a factual understanding of the technical errors and human choices that led to the high casualty count. The text functions as a definitive reconstruction of the tragedy, stripping away later myths to focus on verified eyewitness accounts.

Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

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