- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2023
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 119pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 223x244mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781803993706
- Product code: 542640
Ships of Splendour
Passenger Liners in Colour
William H Miller New Paperback Illustrated
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These colour images bring the golden age of ocean liners vividly to life, from Atlantic giants of the early 20th century such as Olympic and Mauretania to smaller ships serving colonial passengers in the post-war years and the first vessels aimed at the leisure cruise market in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The great passenger liners of the twentieth century make for iconic images of maritime history and design. Ships of Splendour presents the development of passenger ships across the twentieth century, from the 1920s, through the 1940s, and the heyday of the 1950s and '60s, until the onset of the jet age.
The fleet includes famous passenger ships, such as the great Cunarders; titans of the North Atlantic, like the United States, France and Michelangelo and other icons, including the Southern Cross, Windsor Castle, Canberra and Oriana. Homage is also paid to the smaller liners, which were just as important in shaping the history of modern seafaring - ships such as the Aureol, Batory, Guglielmo Marconi, Hanseatic, Queen of Bermuda and Willem Ruys. Replete with notes, facts and anecdotes about these ships, the history of the passenger liner is broken down ship-by-ship and decade-by-decade. These ships return to the high seas once again in superb detail and vibrant colour.
The fleet includes famous passenger ships, such as the great Cunarders; titans of the North Atlantic, like the United States, France and Michelangelo and other icons, including the Southern Cross, Windsor Castle, Canberra and Oriana. Homage is also paid to the smaller liners, which were just as important in shaping the history of modern seafaring - ships such as the Aureol, Batory, Guglielmo Marconi, Hanseatic, Queen of Bermuda and Willem Ruys. Replete with notes, facts and anecdotes about these ships, the history of the passenger liner is broken down ship-by-ship and decade-by-decade. These ships return to the high seas once again in superb detail and vibrant colour.
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These colour images bring the golden age of ocean liners vividly to life, from Atlantic giants of the early 20th century such as <i>Olympic</i> and <i>Mauretania</i> to smaller ships serving colonial passengers in the post-war years and the first vessels aimed at the leisure cruise market in the 1950s and 1960s.
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223x244mm
History Press
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20th Century
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