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Cruise Ships: the World's Most Luxurious Vessels
Author(s): Peter C. Smith (Author)
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime
- Publication Date: 20 Feb. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 184884218X
- ISBN-13: 9781848842182
Book Description
The stunning elegance and luxurious interiors of today’s vast fleet of cruise liners remains unrecorded in all but holiday brochures. This book gives a complete overview of the cream of these ships, today’s queens of the sea. Each liner is illustrated and described with colour illustrations of external and interior views. Details of the design, building and service history of each vessel are provided with vital statistics of the ship and its facilities.Among the ships included are Cunard’s Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2, the big new Princess Line liners – Ruby, Grand Sea and Celebrity Eclipse, the two Ocean Village ships and the largest of the P&O liners Ventura, Oceana, Arcadia, Aurora and Artemis. This is a book of reference for maritime enthusiasts, would-be holiday cruisers and those who have been passengers.Peter C. Smith is one of the world’s leading authors on things maritime and is highly respected throughout the world.
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About the Author
Peter C. Smith is well-known to aviation and maritime history readers. He has written over 67 previously published books. Amongst these are Skua, Detroyer Leader, Into the Minefields and Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945, all published by Pen & Sword.
