About For Books Normandie Frances Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner: France s Legendary Art Deco

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HardCover. Pub Date: August. 2007 Pages: 260 Publisher: WW Norton and Co.. Normandie was unquestionably the most beautiful 6.2. Inward and Outward Movements liner ever BUILT. Of The world s Largest at the TIME She also became the world s Alps and ocean divide Her art deco Interiors Were unrivalled: capacious. elegant and chic. decorated by teams of France s most talented artists. Yet Normandie was plagued with frustrations-never attracting more passengers than the competition and tragically ending her days in flames at New York s Pier 88.Celeated maritime historian John Maxtone- Graham confesses to a hypnotic fascination with Normandie. In this comprehensive volume. he documents every aspect of the vessel s decorative antecedents. design. construction and service. Always articulate. entertaining and devastatingly well informed. Maxtone-Graham has created the definitive Norma...

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