A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects
Published on 4. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-7509-9432-3 (ISBN)
Description
Explore the history of ocean liners through the objects that bring them to life. Liners represented the ambitions of their nations in peace and war; their design, interiors and fittings incorporated the finest contemporary technological and artistic features. In peacetime they carried celebrities, vacationers and emigrants; while in war they carried thousands of troops - and then war brides seeking new lives. A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects takes in evolving technology, supreme luxury and fine cuisine, as well as hardship and the burning hope for a better life. There is peril, disaster and death, international pride and competition, glory and war. The objects tell a fascinating story, showing how the functional sea voyage has evolved from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to the huge cruise industry we have today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
150 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-9432-3 (9780750994323)
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Mark Berry
A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects
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12/2020
The History Press Ltd
€18.49
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MARK BERRY grew up with stories of the sea. His father was a marine engineer and would come home on leave with tales of places like Aden, Hong Kong and San Francisco, all hugely exotic sounding to a boy growing up in 1960s Britain. After reading about the tragedies of Titanic and Lusitania , an interest in liners followed - and so started a lifetime of collecting books, ephemera and items from all kinds of ships. Now retired after thirty-eight years in the property industry, it seemed only natural for Mark to share some of the items in his collection. Mark and his wife Val have two grown-up sons and live in rural Devon with their cats and chickens. When they can, they enjoy escaping to sea on a cruise liner or, even better, an ocean liner.