Great Liners at War
Edition: 2nd Ed edition
Publisher: Tempus
Published: May 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780752442310
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Maritime history; Military vehicles; Ships & shipping: general interest; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Transportation; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History; Ocean liners; Transportation, Military; World War, 1914-1918
First sentence: Isambard Kingdom Brunel was undoubtedly one of the greatest of the pioneering nineteenth-century engineers; his most impressive creation, the steamship Great Eastern, remains one of the best known of the early passenger liners.