SS Normandie - Classic Liners (Paperback)

The world of ocean liners, those built for French lines were the epitome of style and panache, and SS Normandie perhaps the pinnacle of this. When she entered service in 1935, she was the largest, longest, fastest and certainly the best fed ship of her time, serving the finest food imaginable in a dining room longer than the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Normandie embodied high glamour and was a firm favourite of many, albeit for a short time. Times were changing and even the French government's massive subsidies to the builders, an attempt to make Normandie a flagship for the drive out of the Depression. could only work for so long, as the Second World War drew nearer. She might have been a valuable troopship, and served a the USS Lafayette for a time, but caught fire at her New York pier in 1942. The great ship was salvaged, but with an expensive restoration in prospect she could not escape being scrapped in 1946-47. Through beautiful illustrations and evocative writing, William H.Miller presents the story of one of the most lavish liners ever to cross the seas.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	William H. Miller
Dimensions:	226 x 248 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-0-7524-8808-0
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Ships & shipping: general interest > General
LSN:	0-7524-8808-2
Barcode:	9780752488080

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