{"product_id":"9780752456638","title":"Great Passenger Ships 1910 -1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was an age of evolution, when size and speed were almost the ultimate considerations. Bigger was said to be better, and ship owners were not exempted from the prevailing mood, while the German four-stackers of 1897-06 and then Cunard's brilliant \u003ci\u003eMauretania\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e of 1907 led the way to larger and grander liners. White Star Line countered by 1911 with the \u003ci\u003eOlympic\u003c\/i\u003e, her sister \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, and a near-sister, the \u003ci\u003eBritannic\u003c\/i\u003e. The French added the \u003ci\u003eFrance\u003c\/i\u003e while Cunard took delivery of the beloved\u003ci\u003e Aquitania\u003c\/i\u003e. But the Germans won out-they produced the 52,000-ton \u003ci\u003eImperator\u003c\/i\u003e and a near-sister, the \u003ci\u003eVaterland\u003c\/i\u003e, the last word in shipbuilding and engineering prior to World War I. They and their sister, the \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e, remained the biggest ships in the world until 1935. But other passenger ships appear in this decade-other Atlantic liners, but also ships serving on more diverse routes: Union Castle to Africa, P\u0026amp;O to India and beyond, the Empress liners on the trans-Pacific run. We look at a grand age of maritime creation, ocean-going superlative, but also sad destruction in the dark days of the First War. It was, in all ways, a fascinating period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42626106622013,"sku":"9780752456638","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780752456638_p0.jpg?v=1771570888","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780752456638","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}