The Grand Journey of RMS Olympic
The Grand Journey of RMS Olympic

Author: J.J. Brunette

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2024-06-03

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1456651609

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Embark on a Timeless Adventure Across the Seas Step aboard the majestic RMS *Olympic*, a marvel of maritime engineering and the heroine of a bygone era. "The Grand Journey of RMS Olympic: From Launch to Legacy" invites you to relive the grandeur, tragedy, and triumphs of a vessel that not only survived the shadows of her infamous sister, the Titanic, but also thrived in a world brimming with innovation and turmoil. This is your ticket to wanderlust, a journey not just across the Atlantic, but through time itself. From the riveting halls of Harland and Wolff where the dream of the Olympic took shape, to her awe-inspiring maiden voyage, this book captures the essence of human ambition and the relentless spirit of adventure. With intriguing insights into the people who built her, the book paints a vivid portrait of craftsmanship and ambition on an unprecedented scale. Sail through heartrending chapters covering the Titanic disaster's profound impact on Olympic and how it cast a long shadow over her existence. Yet, like a true unsinkable spirit, Olympic rose to become a war hero and a luxurious floating palace, setting new standards in transatlantic travel. Experience life during wartime, delve into the glitz and glamour of the roaring '20s, and navigate through the turbulent waters of the Great Depression. In an evocative narrative, discover the sister ship's transformation from a civilian liner to a wartime trooper, ferrying soldiers with undaunted bravery. Post-war chapters unveil a world eager to leave hardship behind, embracing the lavish and leisurely cruises of the Olympic, now refurbished to unparalleled elegance. As her story concludes, the RMS Olympic stands not merely as a vessel but as an indelible legacy of human progress, art, and resilience. The book meticulously details the ship's innovative design, her vital role during crises, and the lasting impacts on maritime and environmental history. Through captivating anecdotes and unseen heroes, the heart and soul of RMS Olympic are immortalized. Join us on this extraordinary journey. Beyond the pages lies an epic saga of an emblematic ship that weathered storms and celebrated humanity's unyielding quest for discovery and luxury. "The Grand Journey of RMS Olympic: From Launch to Legacy" is more than a book–it's an expedition into the heart of maritime lore, inviting dreamers and historians alike to rediscover the wonder of travel during the golden age of ocean liners.

RMS Olympic
RMS Olympic

Author: Mark Chirnside

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-09-07

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 0750963484

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Sitting around a dining-room table in 1907, the owners of the White Star Line discussed their competition to the newly-built Cunard liners, Lusitania and Mauretania. From that smoke-filled room came the first designs of three White Star superliners. Olympic and Titanic were to be built at Harland & Wolff's yard in Belfast, while the third ship was to follow after construction had been completed on the first pair of sisters. The only ship to make a return passenger voyage was Olympic and she was always overshadowed by her younger sisters. This is the definitive story of Titanic's sister RMS Olympic. First published in 2004 to critical acclaim, this new edition presents a revised expanded work from one the most successful maritime authors at work in Britain today.

The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City

Author: Erik Larson

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2004-02-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0375725601

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. “As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco Chronicle Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. The Devil in the White City draws the reader into the enchantment of the Guilded Age, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.

Atlantic Liners: A Trio of Trios
Atlantic Liners: A Trio of Trios

Author: J. Kent Layton

Publisher:

Published: 2009-07-10

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780557084463

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They formed three trios of wonder ships. From the Cunard Line came the Lusitania, Mauretania, and Aquitania. From the White Star Line came the Olympic, the infamous Titanic, and the Britannic. From the Hamburg-Amerika Line came the Imperator, Vaterland and Bismarck, which would later find service as Cunard's Berengaria, the U.S. Line's Leviathan, and White Star's Majestic. They were, in turn, the fastest, most powerful, largest and most luxurious ocean liners that had ever sailed that ocean. Some would find great success; others would suffer disaster. Their careers would be affected by natural elements, by mismanagement, and by the brutalities of war. Their fates were also inextricably intertwined. The all-new 2009 Version of "Atlantic Liners" boasts over 730 photos, as well as nearly a dozen general arrangement plans of the ships. An Introduction has been penned by Mark Chirnside.

RMS Titanic Made in the Midlands
RMS Titanic Made in the Midlands

Author: P.B. Lound

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0750982063

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THE story of the ill-fated liner Titanic is one that has been told and retold countless times – it is hard to imagine that there could be any new stories or twists to the tale. Yet Titanic’s strong connection with the Midlands is one such story that is not so well known. The ship may have been built in Belfast, registered in Liverpool and sailed from Southampton, but over 70 per cent of her interiors came from the Midlands. This pivotal piece of research from Titanic expert Andrew P.B. Lound explores the role played by the people and the varied industries of the Black Country in the life of the most famous ship in the world.

Ghosts I Have Been
Ghosts I Have Been

Author: Richard Peck

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-04-23

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1101664355

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Upon discovering that she has the gift of Second Sight, Blossom also learns that whether glimpsing the future or traveling into the past, one is powerless to alter history.

On a Sea of Glass
On a Sea of Glass

Author: Tad Fitch

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 1093

ISBN-13: 1445614391

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A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath.

Love Across the Atlantic
Love Across the Atlantic

Author: Brickman Barbara Jane Brickman

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1474452108

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Winston Churchill famously described the political alliance between the US and UK as a 'special relationship', but throughout the cultural history of these two countries there have existed transatlantic 'special relationships' of another kind - affairs between British and American citizens who have fallen in love, with one another but often too with the idea(l) of that other place across the ocean. From romantic novelist Elinor Glyn in the 1920s to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today, this collection examines some of the history, contemporary manifestations and enduring appeal of US-UK romance across popular culture. Looking at both historical and contemporary case-studies, drawn from across film, television, music, literature, news and politics, this is a timely intervention into the popular romantic discourse of US-UK relations, at a critical and transitional moment in the ongoing viability of the special relationship.

Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle
Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle

Author: Jessica Fletcher

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-12-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0593333705

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A trip to Northern Ireland becomes unexpectedly grim for Jessica Fletcher in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series. Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn’t attend a book festival in Belfast, Ireland. When her Cabot Cove neighbor Maeve O'Bannon hears about the trip, she asks Jessica to deliver some paintings to her family in the village of Bushmills. Happy to extend her travels and see more of the Irish countryside, Jessica agrees. The festival goes off without a hitch, and it seems like Jessica is in for a relaxing vacation. But then Maeve’s cousin Michael is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances. Jessica finds herself once again in the midst of a murder investigation, and she’ll have to dig into the O'Bannon family’s secrets to unmask the killer.