About the book: 2000 / On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the giant ship Titanic carried 1,500 people into the icy abyss. More than a dozen films have been made about this one of the world's largest maritime disasters, about 50 books have been written, six collections of poems and two plays have been published. The proposed book about the Titanic is, according to critics, the best and most complete publication on this topic in world literature . Its author is distinguished by his brilliant knowledge of the subject and era, as well as the thoroughness and thoroughness of his analysis of the events associated with the death of the “unsinkable floating palace.” The final chapter is devoted to the preparation and conduct of the American-French underwater expedition, which, more than 70 years after the disaster, managed to discover and examine the wreckage of the famous ship on the ocean floor. The book contains more than 80 archival photographs depicting the participants of the voyage and the interiors of the ship, as well as more 10 diagrams and drawings. Recommended to a wide range of readers.