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From her graceful clipper-ship bow to her elegant stepped afterdeck, the legendary French liner Normandie was one of the largest, fastest and most luxurious passenger vessels ever to sail the seas. The first liner to exceed 1000 feet in length, she boasted a first-class dining room longer than the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles (and almost as impressive, with lighting fixtures by Lalique). Cabins, staterooms, lounges, salons, smoking rooms and other areas were decorated by renowned French artists and designers who created a spectacular environment embodying the finest in Art Deco design.
Nearly 200 photographs - including many aerial "bow on" and other revealing images - document the incredible story of the Normandie, from her celebrated launching in 1932 to her tragic end at a New York pier just ten years later. Included are photographs of the early stages of constructions, design innovations, luxurious interiors, fabulous murals, paintings, carpets, tapestries and other furnishings, as well as such memorable moments as the ship's grand entrance into New York harbor on her maiden voyage (during which she won the coveted Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing).
An extensive and especially poignant sequence of on-the-spot photographs records the untimely disaster that destroyed the ship at Pier 88 in New York. It was the end of the most glamorous passenger ship of all time and the beginning of the end of a dazzling era of steamship travel that would soon largely give way to ocean-hopping airliners.
Any admirer of the Normandie or the great ocean liners will want to have this lavishly illustrated history, which not only faithfully recreates the story of one ship but recalls the excitement, glamour and style of all the magnificent vessels that wrote an unforgettable chapter in the history of passenger ship travel. 144 pages. Soft cover. Any distortion in image is from scanner.
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