Normandie Frances Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner - Hardcover

J MaxtoneGraham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393061205 ISBN 13: 9780393061208

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co, 2007

Synopsis

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 unrivaled: 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, enriched by over 200 photographs and illustrations, 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.

About this title

Product Description:

Normandie was unquestionably one of the most beautiful ocean liners ever built. Her art deco interiors were unrivalled: capacious, elegant and chic, decorated by teams of France's most talented artists. This comprehensive volume documents various aspects of the vessel's decorative antecedents, design, construction and service.

About the Author:

John Maxtone-Graham (1929-2015) wrote many books on trans-Atlantic ocean travel, among them Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, and The Only Way to Cross, which has been in print for almost forty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393061205
• ISBN 13: 9780393061208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260