Think you know all about the sinking of the Titanic? Read the first 50 pages of this short book and you'll learn first-hand details that you didn't know. The second half wasn't as interesting to me, but the first half is the author's vivid account, full of details I'd never heard. He observed that the ship listed very slightly to port while they were underway and speculated from later reports that the coal may have been loaded too much on the port side. This has no bearing on the sinking itself, but it is an interesting detail. He describes shipboard activities and vignettes of families and friends. His tribute to Mr. Carter, a vicar of uncommon care, must have been greatly comforting to his parish.

Highly recommended.