Table of Contents
1 The Giant Ship Takes Shape 6
2 Noon, Wednesday 10 April 1912: Titanic Slips Out of Southampton 16
3 Afternoon, Thursday 11 April: Port of Cherbourg 29
4 Morning, Friday 12 April 34
5 April Ice 45
6 The Passengers 51
7 Sunday at Sea 59
8 'Close the Water-Tight Doors': 11.40pm Sunday 14 April 64
9 Muster on the Boat Deck 69
10 'Women & Children First': The Lowering of the Lifeboats 73
11 'Every Man for Himself' 86
12 The Band Plays On 93
13 'She is Gone': 2.20am Monday 15 April 102
14 Cries from the Sea 114
15 Saviour of the Survivors: Captain Rostron of the Carpathia 123
16 Final Destination, New York: Evening, Thursday 18 April 134
17 Heroes 146
List of Illustrations 155