**The complete story of the sinking of the *Titanic*, told by Walter Lord in two acclaimed and riveting chronicles of the ship’s doomed maiden voyage**In just two hours and forty minutes, 1,500 souls were lost at sea when the RMS* Titanic *succumbed to the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, *A Night to Remember* tells the story of that fateful night, offering a meticulous and engrossing look at one of the twentieth century’s most infamous disasters. In *The Night Lives On*, Lord revisits the unsinkable ship, diving into the multitude of theories—both factual and fanciful—about the *Titanic*’s last hours. Was the ship really christened before setting sail on its maiden voyage? How did its wireless operators fail so badly, and why did the nearby *Californian*, just ten miles away when the *Titanic* struck the iceberg, not come to the rescue? Together for the first time, Lord’s classic bestseller* A Night to Remember* and his subsequent study *The Night Lives On *offer remarkable insight into the maritime catastrophe that continues to fascinate and horrify a full century later.words : 115786