Normandie: The Tragic Story of the Most Majestic Ocean Liner
- ISBN-10
- 0692545603
- ISBN-13
- 9780692545607
- Series
- Normandie
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-12
- Publisher
- Silvin Books LLC
Description
Normandie was the French Line's glorious flagship in the 1930s. To travel aboard her was to live out the enchanting and romantic history of the Twentieth Century in the world of luxurious North Atlantic travel. In this meticulously researched historical novel, Normandie, the Tragic Story of the Most Majestic Liner, acclaimed author Richard Rene Silvin not only celebrates the design, construction and art of the great ship, but relates tales of the affluent, glamorous and famous passengers who crossed the Atlantic during Normandie's short four-year life. The book is richly illustrated and the lives of the passengers are brought to life in well-crafted fictional conversations based on scrupulous research. Readers will feel as if they are aboard this beguiling ship, sharing the journey with artistic, social and political icons from both sides of the Atlantic. The book ends with the true story of Normandie's tragic "death" in World War II. Dramatic even today is the horrific image of America's only large troop carrier lying on her side in New York City only two months after Pearl Harbor, and the futile effort to salvage her.
