Pen and Sword,2024 ISBN 978-1-39904-979-5 184pp, hardback, £25
A welcome and different book about ocean liners. Many other titles concentrate on the first class accomodation in luxury liners though that provision was never the whole story of trans-Atlantic and other ocean travel.
Anthony Burton describes the history of ocean shipping from the sail age through the development of steam ships to the cruise liners of today. Unlike some other authors he gives attention to engineeering developments, shipbuilding improvements and the role of American shipping firms in trans-Atlantic service developments.
The author makes it clear that Brunel's Great Western and Great Britain were revolutionary in developing ships for long distance steamship services. Until they appeared no-one seriously thought steam could cross the Atlantic but Brunel's vessels inspired other makers.
Unusually, coaling…
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