The book, which has survived over 10 editions in the United States, describes the disaster of the famous transatlantic liner Titanic, which claimed more than 1,500 human lives. Based on factual material (archival documents, correspondence with eyewitnesses of the death of the Titanic), the author with documentary accuracy and writing skills not only recreates the events of that tragic night from April 14 to April 15, 1912, but also notes omissions in the organization of service on the liner itself, as well as miscalculations of technical policy made during its construction. No less interesting is the analysis of the causes of the disaster, made from a modern perspective.