
The venerable Queen Elizabeth 2 has long since become a floating legend. Launched in 1967 she was for three decades considered the last of her kind a cherished & beloved remnant from the age of the great ocean liners. So Cunard's decision on the eve of the new Millennium to build a new liner for the transatlantic service caused widespread interest. The Queen Mary 2 would not have been a true Cunarder had she not embodied a number of superlatives & when she entered service in 2004 she was the longest widest highest & most expensive passenger ship ever built at once a eulogy to maritime nostalgia & the embodiment of modern technology & design. rnrn To further build on the success of these two ships Cunard commissioned the Queen Victoria launched in December 2007. Sporting the company's classic livery
- black hull white superstucture & red funnel
- the ship is employed exclusively for luxury cruises from her homeport of Southampton. Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth will be in service in early 2011 & the author covers her design & commissioningrnrn In this new updated paperback edition the author describes the history of the Cunard Line the first years in service of the Queen Mary 2 & the conception building & launching of the Queen Victoria & Queen Elizabeth before saying farewell to the QE2 which was retired in November 2009. This beautiful book is both a lavish tribute to the world's best-known shipping line & an intriguing examination of the world's most famous contemporary cruise liners.