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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.

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.