- Taschenbuch: 94 Seiten
- Verlag: Tempus (1. August 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0752444441
- ISBN-13: 978-0752444444
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 25 x 22,5 x 0,7 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
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She entered service two months before the start of World War One and was scrapped six years after World War Two ended and was the longest lasting of all four funnelled liners. For two wars, she spent much time transporting troops but for the rest of her career she travelled the North Atlantic as one of the most famous liners afloat.Holding many records, Aquitania was built for the Cunard Line, not for speed but for luxury, at which she excelled, being called the Ship Magnificent from her entry into service. Mark Chirnside writes with a passion about this most beautiful of ships, a ship that was the epitome of the four-funnelled liner. You can find major reviews in "Ships Monthly", "Shipping Today" and "Yesterday and Sea Breezes". You can also find review in "Mariners Mirror". Author available for book signings and radio/tv interviews.
Synopsis
She entered service two months before the start of World War One and was scrapped six years after World War Two ended and was the longest lasting of all four funnelled liners. For two wars, she spent much time transporting troops but for the rest of her career she travelled the North Atlantic as one of the most famous liners afloat.Holding many records, Aquitania was built for the Cunard Line, not for speed but for luxury, at which she excelled, being called the Ship Magnificent from her entry into service. Mark Chirnside writes with a passion about this most beautiful of ships, a ship that was the epitome of the four-funnelled liner. You can find major reviews in "Ships Monthly", "Shipping Today" and "Yesterday and Sea Breezes". You can also find review in "Mariners Mirror". Author available for book signings and radio/tv interviews.
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This book by Mark Chirnside pays tribute to a passenger steamer that - despite being amongst the biggest, most elegant and most popular liners of the early 20th century - has always been a bit in the shadow of the more famous fleet mate Mauretania.
Chirnside tells the eventful story of Aquitania's successful and extraordinarily long career, from her start of service in 1914 until her end in 1950. In fact, Aquitania was the only one of the famous "four stackers" that served in both world wars.
The book features many high-quality photographs I haven't seen before (with some beautiful colour photographs among them) as well as deck plans and a wonderful cutaway profile.
This book is a must-have for any ocean liner buff and/or Cunard historian.
Chirnside tells the eventful story of Aquitania's successful and extraordinarily long career, from her start of service in 1914 until her end in 1950. In fact, Aquitania was the only one of the famous "four stackers" that served in both world wars.
The book features many high-quality photographs I haven't seen before (with some beautiful colour photographs among them) as well as deck plans and a wonderful cutaway profile.
This book is a must-have for any ocean liner buff and/or Cunard historian.
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Thin, But Nice
19. Januar 2009
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
I was expecting that this book would be hardcover, but yet again no, I don't think it ever was.
This is still a nice, pricey for the size (6 millimetre thick) SOFTCOVER book. I tend to want to see the ships through the eyes of the passengers, in colour. So, aside from the typical b/w photos, there are wonderful colour reproduction drawings, plans, posters, adverts, and photos unusual for books on liners of this era. But they are smallish. This could have been a more deliciously published book in hardcover with larger, page-bleeding and fold out visual items as in James Steele's "Queen Mary." The anecdotal/technical text is very interesting and enlightening. I give it five stars because it is a drop of water in a desert where good, name specific, ocean liner books are scarce.
It is sad that the instant gratification banality of modern society has overlooked the joy of true ocean liner travel and history, replacing it with the rock climbing, put put golf, balcony encrusted, white shoe boxes floating around today. Among names which sound like slang for illegal substances, and visuals of plastic decor, they have questionable ability to handle the North Atlantic. This book gives more insight into that sadly bygone era when liners were really liners.
This is still a nice, pricey for the size (6 millimetre thick) SOFTCOVER book. I tend to want to see the ships through the eyes of the passengers, in colour. So, aside from the typical b/w photos, there are wonderful colour reproduction drawings, plans, posters, adverts, and photos unusual for books on liners of this era. But they are smallish. This could have been a more deliciously published book in hardcover with larger, page-bleeding and fold out visual items as in James Steele's "Queen Mary." The anecdotal/technical text is very interesting and enlightening. I give it five stars because it is a drop of water in a desert where good, name specific, ocean liner books are scarce.
It is sad that the instant gratification banality of modern society has overlooked the joy of true ocean liner travel and history, replacing it with the rock climbing, put put golf, balcony encrusted, white shoe boxes floating around today. Among names which sound like slang for illegal substances, and visuals of plastic decor, they have questionable ability to handle the North Atlantic. This book gives more insight into that sadly bygone era when liners were really liners.
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GREAT Chirnside book!!
26. August 2009
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
This extraordinary volume by Mark Chirnside, is a complete and invaluable work on this greatest of four-funneled liners... Never has there been a complete collection of un-retouched color photos of this mighty ship, a cruise deckplan in color depicting the accomodation as one class, the famous full color cutaway drawing of the entire ship, plus a collection of color postcards and Cunard travel posters from the period, all within one book... Mr. Chirnside includes the "as built" deckplans and builder's elevation, in addition to the later cruise deckplans, and covers little-known details as to the AQUITANIA's construction, as well as rarely-known events during her illustrious and heroic career, which spanned thirty-five years and two world wars. This fine book contains eight appendices relating to specifications, voyages, in-service improvements to the ship as recommended by her designer, company profits, captains, and other details which any Cunard enthusiast will use for reference many times over... Mr. Chirnside's book deserves five stars plus!! P. Hodges
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Little known facts on the Aquitania are finally revealed.
12. Januar 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
Cunard's famous and beloved Aquitania is finally getting her life story told in depth. Mark Chirnside has done an outstanding job in digging up many, never before published facts, about the last great four-stacker, which served longer than any other Express liner in the 20th century. His research covers the ship's very long and active sea career which spanned some 36 years. A career that included active service in various roles through two World Wars, as well as 443 voyages that saw her steam over 3 million ocean miles.
Although her's is a lengthy story, he has included a number of individual recollections of the ship from personal diaries. These accounts draw the reader in and they serve to remind him that this ship was, first and foremost, a carrier of human life. Whether it was a first class passenger crossing the Atlantic on business, an immigrant, heading to a new life in a new land, or most certainly a soldier, heading to a war zone with unpredictable consequences, this great ship directly impacted people's lives, every time she sailed. Their story is also her story, and with the realization that she carried well over one million people in her lifetime, her historical impact actually boggles the mind.
I was lucky enough to be a contributor of some of the photographs used in this book, and it was a personal joy to have played a small part in the books creation. Mark wisely chose many photographs that have never been seen before, including a section of color views taken late in her life, which show the "Grand Old Lady" in her beautiful peacetime colors. Despite the passage of more than half a century since her last voyage, the Aquitania remains one of the most successful ships in maritime history, and this book tells you why. As a reader of books on historic ocean liners, and a collector of images covering the old ship that "did well to the end", I can tell you that this stunning and highly detailed book, was long overdue.
Although her's is a lengthy story, he has included a number of individual recollections of the ship from personal diaries. These accounts draw the reader in and they serve to remind him that this ship was, first and foremost, a carrier of human life. Whether it was a first class passenger crossing the Atlantic on business, an immigrant, heading to a new life in a new land, or most certainly a soldier, heading to a war zone with unpredictable consequences, this great ship directly impacted people's lives, every time she sailed. Their story is also her story, and with the realization that she carried well over one million people in her lifetime, her historical impact actually boggles the mind.
I was lucky enough to be a contributor of some of the photographs used in this book, and it was a personal joy to have played a small part in the books creation. Mark wisely chose many photographs that have never been seen before, including a section of color views taken late in her life, which show the "Grand Old Lady" in her beautiful peacetime colors. Despite the passage of more than half a century since her last voyage, the Aquitania remains one of the most successful ships in maritime history, and this book tells you why. As a reader of books on historic ocean liners, and a collector of images covering the old ship that "did well to the end", I can tell you that this stunning and highly detailed book, was long overdue.
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