A century after her sinking, social historian John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the passengers aboard the doomed liner, including a minute-by-minute account of the ship's last tragic hours.

This is the fascinating story of 12 passengers on board the Titanic, published to mark the centenary of her sinking. Welshman offers a minute-by-minute account of their last hours and reveals what happened to them on the night of the sinking.

As thorough and yet compassionate an account as the disaster is ever likely to have.