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They noted incidents on board that amused or angered them, described the ports at which their ship called, and the fear and excitement of storms at sea.  The writers were emigrants or colonial rulers, men of letters, young men seeking their fortune, wives on their way to new homes abroad; some were rich, many were poor and escaping the hardship of downtrodden lives; all had in common the experience of voyaging at sea. The author has woven their words into a narrative that describes so evocatively a world that has now disappeared, and with the huge range of illustrations brings back to life the golden age of the steamship.Beautifully designed and printed, this book will delight armchair travellers, ship enthusiasts and all those who still go to sea to seek romance and adventure.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49523740410129,"sku":"GOR005141802","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49628989423889,"sku":"GOR005108628","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50468425269521,"sku":"CIN1848320817G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1848320817.jpg?v=1750995357"},{"product_id":"postcard-history-of-the-passenger-liner-book-christopher-deakes-9781861762245","title":"A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner","description":"From about 1890 to 1970, shipowners commissioned a wealth of paintings of their ships which depicted, as well as the vessels themselves, the routes they travelled, their exotic destinations, and life on board. By the turn of the twentieth century shipowners began to use them for postcards and posters to advertisse their steamers, and thus was born a whole genre which produced tens of thousands of paintings and which, taken as a whole, gives us a superb overview of the great era of the passenger liner. In 1900 there were over thirty shipping lines operating passenger services across the North Atlantic; today there is not even a regular transatlantic schedule, and the passenger liners have disappeard along with the art that they once inspired. What remains are the postcards which tell an evocative story of an aspect of our maritime past which has vanished. Not only do they depict the ships but their messages give us an insight into the shipboard life of the emigrants, soldiers, administrators and holiday makers who travelled the world by sea before the advent of the jet airliner. 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