- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (6 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340696575
- ISBN-13: 978-0340696576
- Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 27.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The stories of the great lost liners are the focus of this book. The Lusitania, Titanic and the Brittanic among others, are explored. Today these ships lie on the ocean floor. This book offers a guided tour, using underwater photography, and tells the story of their glory days.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This beautiful book, written in typical Robert D. Ballard style and beautifully illustrated by period photographs and the paintings of Ken Marschall details the history of some of the greatest liners ever to sail. It includes ships which were once household names - Lusitania, Mauretania, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic - and tells us of their fates. It is written in such a way that you can almost imagine yourself there on deck with the other passengers. Not content with these well known leviathans of the ocean, Ballard brings the book up to date with the inclusion of the more glamourous liners of the '40's and 50's - Normandie, Queen Mary, and the ill fated Andrea Doria. If you ever wondered what happened to these wonderful ships, this book will take you on a guided tour, from shipyard to their current resting place on the dark ocean floor. This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in maritime history.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a most beautiful book with many unseen paintings of the lost liners from the golden age, which ironically have outlasted many of their contemporaries which were otherwise scrapped, except for the RMS Queen Mary. I would highly recommend this book for the collection of any maritime enthusiast!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I very much liked this book.
1 Jun 1999
Format:Paperback
Ever since I first heard of the Titanic, ships have fascinated me. Lost Liners delivers exactly what I want. It is an excellent source for research and for reading material. One reason it is so excellent is that it doesn't say anything like "Chapter 1; The Lusitania" but instead tells the entire story of transatlantic shipping, and when a ship disaster occured, it focuses on that. There is a lot to love about this book, from the fabulous paintings to the endless learning quality. I highly recommend it to anyone, and even if you aren't someone who loves to read, I am sure you will find something to like in Lost Liners.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Great photos, but I wish there were more of them!
10 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book gives an outline of the history of ocean liners and has great photos of several wrecks, I wish he'd have put more pictures in of some of them, such as the Republic, Brittanic and Empress of Ireland, I also wished that he would have put in more information on the German lines, they were just as important as the British ones! All in all though it was a great read and the photos that did fill the book were impressive.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This book is absolutely beautiful
28 Mar 1998
Format:Hardcover
Not only is this book beautifully illustrated, it is also beautifully written. Detailing the history of an age long gone, it brings the reader back to a time where shipbuilding and transatlantatic crossings were the blossoming industries of a developing world. And, as the title indicates, it travels through the greatest maritime disasters of history. I devoured this book -- it was one of the most fascinating things I have ever read. The illustrations are breathtaking and horrifically beautiful. It details the sinkings and destructions of the Andrea Doria, the Empress of Ireland, the Britannic, the Lusitania, and the Normandie. It also provides information about ships that did not sink, such as the White Star Line's "Old Reliable" Olympic, and the Cunard beauty Mauretania. And, since the book is by Robert Ballard, the reader is also privy to information about the discovery of each wreck.
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