Normandie : France's legendary art deco ocean liner /
Normandie was unquestionably the most beautiful ocean liner ever built. The world's largest at the time, she also became the world's fastest. Her art deco interiors were unrivalled: capacious, elegant and chic, decorated by teams of France's most talented artists. Yet Normandie was pl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
©2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents |
| Summary: | Normandie was unquestionably the most beautiful ocean liner ever built. The world's largest at the time, she also became the world's fastest. Her art deco interiors were unrivalled: capacious, elegant and chic, decorated by teams of France's most talented artists. Yet Normandie was plagued with frustrations-never attracting more passengers than the competition and tragically ending her days in flames at New York's Pier 88. Celebrated maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham confesses to a hypnotic fascination with Normandie. In this comprehensive volume, he documents every aspect of the vessel's decorative antecedents, design, construction and service. Always articulate, entertaining and devastatingly well informed, Maxtone-Graham has created the definitive Normandie panegyric, a comprehensive and at times, heartbreaking account of this fabled liner. |
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| Physical Description: | 259 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393061208 0393061205 |