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Featured titles - cruise ships and liners
The many lives of a much-loved liner
RMS Queen Mary, by David ElleryBuilt in Clydebank in the 1930s, the RMS Queen Mary was the biggest superstar vessel since the Titanic – and had a much more successful career.
Lining up liner histories
Tales From Great Passenger Ships, by Paul Curtis, and Serving on the Big Ships, by William H. MillerTwo recent releases from The History Press and Fonthill offer captivating insights into the world of passenger liners from different yet complementary perspectives.
Well-researched history of mass maritime travel
Ocean Liners, by Anthony BurtonThe new title Ocean Liners has a great deal more to it than most books about liners and cruise ships, with plenty of technical content to appeal to an audience of maritime professionals.
Learn about lovely liners
British Passenger Liners in Colour – the 1950s,'60s and Beyond, by William H MillerThis photographic retrospective recollects a bygone era in passenger shipping, when the British-flagged passenger fleet spanned the world from Southampton to South America.
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