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- ISBN 9781445683508
- Weight: 298g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The 1960s witnessed a magnificent, if misguided, swansong for the ocean liner. As the decade progressed a steady succession of elaborate new ‘ships of state’ populated the world’s sea lanes, in futile defiance of the vapour trails above them. Into this atmosphere of one-upmanship the Italian Line introduced Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffaello, the largest, fastest and most prestigious passenger liners in the nation’s post-war merchant marine.
Named after the Renaissance masters, this book tells their stories, from troubled inception to heart-rending finale. It explains their design origins and interior décor, relates the triumph and tragedy of their all-too-brief careers and provides an insight into what it was like to live, work and take passage on these vessels, each with their own special personality.
Profusely illustrated throughout, this book pays tribute to the ships and the people who brought them to life.
Ian is a writer and artist with a lifelong passion for ships and the sea. A regular contributor of articles for Shipping Today and Yesterday magazine, his paintings have been sold worldwide and displayed on board Cunard Line vessels. Ian and his family live in Dorset, on England’s south coast.
