This book tells the story of the TITANIC from its planning and finishing in Belfast, Ireland, to her departure from Southampton. The author of the book also explains the inconsistencies surrounding the collision of the TITANIC with the iceberg and describes what, according to the latest TITANIC research, happened in the last hours before the sinking. The many tragic fates of the tragedy are also dealt with in detail, as well as the later scapegoats of the disaster.

Author Norbert Zimmermann, born 1970, has been researching the history of the TITANIC for almost three decades and has published four non-fiction books about the world-famous ship. For this book he researched among other things at the original locations in Belfast. Zimmermann is a member of the British Titanic Society (BTS) and the German and Swiss Titanic Society.