Author: John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393061208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A magnificent tribute to the illustrious and ill-fated steamship. Normandiewas 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. YetNormandiewas 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 withNormandie. 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 definitiveNormandiepanegyric, a comprehensive and, at times, heartbreaking account of this fabled liner. 30 color and 175 black-and-white illustrations.
Normandie
Author: John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393061208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A magnificent tribute to the illustrious and ill-fated steamship. Normandiewas 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. YetNormandiewas 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 withNormandie. 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 definitiveNormandiepanegyric, a comprehensive and, at times, heartbreaking account of this fabled liner. 30 color and 175 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393061208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A magnificent tribute to the illustrious and ill-fated steamship. Normandiewas 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. YetNormandiewas 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 withNormandie. 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 definitiveNormandiepanegyric, a comprehensive and, at times, heartbreaking account of this fabled liner. 30 color and 175 black-and-white illustrations.
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Normandie
Author: Harvey Ardman
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531097847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Recounts the construction of the Normandie, one of the world's largest ocean liners, describes the ship's facilities, decoration, and voyages, and explains why it was dismantled for scrap in 1946
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531097847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Recounts the construction of the Normandie, one of the world's largest ocean liners, describes the ship's facilities, decoration, and voyages, and explains why it was dismantled for scrap in 1946
Histoires croustillantes de Normandie
Author: Véronique BEAUMONT
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326001019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Au coeur de la Normandie, dans les villages perdus et paisibles, les habitants vivent parfois des histoires uniques, insolites, mais pourtant bien reelles. Decouvrez la rouerie des Normands, leur facetie, mais aussi leur avarice. Plongez sans retenue dans ce recueil chaleureux et drole d'histoires vraies et passez des moments savoureux en compagnie des Normands."
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326001019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Au coeur de la Normandie, dans les villages perdus et paisibles, les habitants vivent parfois des histoires uniques, insolites, mais pourtant bien reelles. Decouvrez la rouerie des Normands, leur facetie, mais aussi leur avarice. Plongez sans retenue dans ce recueil chaleureux et drole d'histoires vraies et passez des moments savoureux en compagnie des Normands."
Statistiques routières de la Basse-Normandie
Author: Arcisse de Caumont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Normandy (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Normandy (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Éphémérides normandes, ou, Recueil chronologique, historique et monumental sur la Normandie
Author: Grégoire Jacques Lange
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Services at the Ordination of James De Normandie, in Portsmouth N.H., Oct. 1, 1862
Author: Ezra Stiles Gannett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ordination
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ordination
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
DU BEURRE DE NORMANDIE
Les états de Normandie sous la domination anglaise
Author: Charles Marie de Robillard de Beaurepaire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Report of the Salvage of the U.S.S. Lafayette (ex-SS Normandie)
Author: United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lafayette (Steamship)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lafayette (Steamship)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description