The spectacular French flagship France, the longest liner ever
built, was the latest transatlantic supership when completed in the
1960s, and - according to most early reports - the most luxurious
liner then afloat. The last of the great French Line passenger
ships, on the celebrated run to and from New York she was not only
the national flagship, but went on to have a most fortunate life
with two noted careers and two highly recognisable names. She was
one of the greatest of all twentieth-century liners. Maiden voyage
passengers goggled at the luxuries aboard the $80 million floating
masterpiece with her fantastic interiors, superb service and most
exquisite food, yet despite her success she eventually lost out to
the unsurpassable speed of jet aircraft. Laid-up, she lingered for
five years before being bought by the Norwegians in 1979 and was
dramatically transformed from the indoor, transatlantic France into
the outdoor, tropical Norway. By May 1980, she began sailing in
Caribbean waters and, for years afterward, ranked as the largest
cruise ship in the world: an innovator and a great prelude to
today's mega-liners. A tribute to one of the grandest and most
beloved of all twentieth-century ocean liners, in this richly
illustrated book by acknowledged liner expert William Miller we
salute the France/Norway!
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