A great book, and a must-have for any maritime enthusiast!:
This book is a treasure-trove of facts, figures and pictures, and as a maritime author and researcher, I'm very picky about what books I'll recommend. Mark Chirnside has written a number of books on the liners during the past decade; each one has been a gem in its own right. His latest work is on the "Aquitania," and is a must-have for any liner buff. For this book, on an often-forgotten ocean liner, Chirnside delved deeply into original archival material in order to produce facts and figures never... more info
Beautiful Book:
Another wonderful book from Mark, this time as he brings Majestic from the Golden Age of Travel, back to life. A pleasure to read, nice illustrations - overall just a great book! I look forward to more titles from Mark.
The great oceanliner "Majestic":
Mark Chirnside's third book is again a great one. It is full of details on the big White Star Liner "Majestic" - all well researched. It's a pleasure to read and look at it !
Well done!
The Mighty Majestic:
Mark Chirnside has a knack of finding new info and turning it into a learning experience for the ship buff. In this volume, we get a great over-view of the Majestic, which was an important ship for the WSL.
The pictures are excellent, the text is filled with important events in the ship's career. The only thing I could suggest is finding more people who sailed on it to add to the text. One could have hoped that the publisher would have allowed for a lengthier volume. Other than that, it certainly... more info
