Here is an amazing chronicle of the great era of ocean liner travel from the late 19th century to the launch of the QE2 and beyond. The book is divided into decades, with a special chapter on the people's favourite, "Queen Mary". The most impressive part of this book is the extraordinary collection of 350 photographs, many previously unseen, showing first class to steerage, deck games to grand banquets, from the celebrations of maiden voyages to the adversity of catastrophe.