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QE2: Forty Years Famous - Couverture rigide

Thatcher, Carol

 
9781847370334: QE2: Forty Years Famous
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1847370330 ISBN 13 : 9781847370334
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Surely the most famous ship in the world, Cunard's QE2 has captured the headlines for 40 years as she plies her glamorous trade around the globe. The book takes a warts and all look at this fabulous ship. Starting with her revolutionary design and the arguments surrounding her construction and moving on to her time in service with sometimes troubled voyages undergoing engine failure, stowaways, storms, collisions and wartime derring-do. The story includes hosts of celebrities from the sixties to the present day, all of whom have fallen for the charm of this old-fashioned lady. After more than five million nautical miles and 40 years the wrinkles are beginning to show. But while people with taste and a sense of history want to take the most luxurious and leisurely voyages, she will still have a job to do. And nobody does it better than QE2.

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Quatrième de couverture

Surely the most famous ship in the world, Cunard's QE2 has captured the headlines for 40 years as she plies her glamorous trade around the globe. Conceived and designed in the swinging sixties, during a period of financial uncertainty for Cunard, built in difficult conditions on the Clyde, and hailed by the City as a 'white elephant', she has outlived all her critics and detractors.
This book takes a 'warts and all' look at this fabulous ship. Starting with her revolutionary design and the arguments surrounding her construction, moving on to her introduction into service at a time when airlines were firmly in the ascendant, the story continues with her sometimes troubled voyages undergoing engine failure, stowaways, storms, collisions, ransom threats, drug smugglers, gun runners, terrorist activity and wartime service.
The story includes hosts of celebrities from the sixties to the present day, all of whom have fallen for the charm of this old-fashioned lady. She steams serenely on, through storms of publicity and the lightning of flashbulbs, doing her job and making money for her mother company.
How many more years can she continue? After more than five million nautical miles and 40 years, some wrinkles are beginning to show. But while people with taste and a sense of history want to take the most luxurious and leisurely voyages, she will still have a job to do. And nobody does it better than QE2.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Surely the most famous ship in the world, Cunard's QE2 has captured the headlines for 40 years as she plies her glamorous trade around the globe. The book takes a warts and all look at this fabulous ship. Starting with her revolutionary design and the arguments surrounding her construction and moving on to her time in service with sometimes troubled voyages undergoing engine failure, stowaways, storms, collisions and wartime derring-do. The story includes hosts of celebrities from the sixties to the present day, all of whom have fallen for the charm of this old-fashioned lady. After more than five million nautical miles and 40 years the wrinkles are beginning to show. But while people with taste and a sense of history want to take the most luxurious and leisurely voyages, she will still have a job to do. And nobody does it better than QE2.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847370330
ISBN 13 
9781847370334
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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