Picture History of the French Line
Superb pictorial history of the company's fleet of formidable passenger ships: Ile de France, Normandie, Liberté, Colombie, Antilles, Flandre, France, and many more. Over 170 black-and-white photographs document exteriors and interiors, celebrity passengers and shipboard life, while an extensive caption for each vessel give its history, outstanding characteristics, size, speed, builder and other data.
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Picture History of the French Line
Superb pictorial history of the company's fleet of formidable passenger ships: Ile de France, Normandie, Liberté, Colombie, Antilles, Flandre, France, and many more. Over 170 black-and-white photographs document exteriors and interiors, celebrity passengers and shipboard life, while an extensive caption for each vessel give its history, outstanding characteristics, size, speed, builder and other data.
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Picture History of the French Line

Picture History of the French Line

Picture History of the French Line

Picture History of the French Line

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Superb pictorial history of the company's fleet of formidable passenger ships: Ile de France, Normandie, Liberté, Colombie, Antilles, Flandre, France, and many more. Over 170 black-and-white photographs document exteriors and interiors, celebrity passengers and shipboard life, while an extensive caption for each vessel give its history, outstanding characteristics, size, speed, builder and other data.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486157467
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 08/24/2012
Series: Dover Maritime
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 28 MB
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Table of Contents

Credits
Foreword
"Introduction, by Brian Chappell"
1. "Sails, Paddle Wheels, and Steam"
2. "Size, Luxury, and Style"
3. "Other Ships, Other Routes"
4. Paquebot Extraordinaire: the Normandie
5. "Refit, Restoration, Revival"
6. Glorious Prize of War: the Liberté
7. Smart New Sisters: the Flandre and the Antilles
8. Other Frenchmen
9. End of the Line: the France of 1961
Bibliography
Index of Ships Illustrated
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