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| & #34;Titanic& #34;: The Ship Magnificent | 
| Authors: Bruce Beveridge, Steve Hall, Scott Andrews
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2236960
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
ISBN: 0752435736
Dewey Decimal Number: 623
EAN: 9780752435732
ASIN: 0752435736
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
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Book Description
The largest, most luxurious ship in the world, wrecked on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg in mid-Atlantic has become the stuff of legends, her name, Titanic! While everyone knows the new White Star liner was the most glamorous vessel afloat and was full of millionaires when she sank, few appreciate just how luxurious she was. Even in Third Class, the accommodation was better than on First Class on many older ships. For the first time, Bruce Beveridge, Steve Hall and Scott Andrews look at the ship itself, and at her interior design and fittings. From cobalt blue Spode china and Elkington plate silverware in the a la carte restaurant to the design of the boilers and fixtures and fittings onboard the world's most luxurious vessel, they tell the story of a liner built at the peak of the race between the British, French and Germans to build bigger and better ships.
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A Rivet Counter's Delight July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Among Titanic buffs, a "rivet counter" is a person whose primary interests in the Titanic lie in the direction of the physical details of the great ship rather than with her passengers or the drama of her last voyage.
"Titanic: The Ship Magnificent" is an unmatched resource about the physical ship. Printed on glossy stock with hundreds of diagrams and photographs (some from Titanic herself, others from her sister ship, Olympic, and other vessels of the era) the two massive volumes (Volume One deals with design and construction, Volume Two with interior decoration) cover virtually every imaginable aspect, from fabrication techniques used in constructing the hull to the various designs of First Class water closets (and china patterns).
I have a goodly number of "Titanic" books and have never seen anything that could remotely rival this set for portraying the physical reality of the ship. Obviously, this is not a work for the general or casual reader, or even a good overall account of the ship's fatal voyage, but any rivetcounter (or anyone with just a touch of that disease) would find these books endlessly fascinating.
Oh, and how many rivets? About three million were used to construct the Titanic's hull and superstructure.
The Best of the Best July 9, 2008
When you first lift, or attempt to lift this book, you know right off you got your money's worth!
This is now my prize Titanic book, the only one close to it is "Anatomy of the Titanic" by Tom McCluskie. But this book blows that one out of the water, and the sheer amount of construction pictures and diagrams are outright insanity. My favorite aspect of Titanic and her sisters is the construction of the ships, and this book caters to people like me in a grand way!
The most interesting Titanic book I've gotten in a LONG time. Lit up my facsination all over again. Get it. NOW!
Belongs in every serious Titanic collectors library. June 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have previously raved about Volume II in this series (which came out before Volume 1) and I will do so again here. This is meticulously researched and photo/illustration rich. This volume covers the building and hardware fitting out of the TItanic. Most of the illustrations come from her sister ship Olympic, but there are also many rare photos and illustrations here directly from the Titanic as well. From bulkheads to Marconi machinery, it is all here. Note that this does NOT include any of the "Titanic Story" -- this is pure, factual, blue-print type material about the ship itself, not it's sinking, its passengers, nor its crossing. I have been pouring over both of these volumes now for weeks, and just love them.
Titanic, the ship magnificiant # 1 and # 2 June 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If, like me, you like to know every thing about the Titanic. If you are fascinated about this great ship, you have to own these two really magnificiant books. Many pictures, I hadn`t seen before.. Although I already have many books about that great ship, I have learned many new things about her. I do not regret that I add these two wonderful books to my Titanic books`collection and I recommand that you buy them if you are a truly fan of the Titanc ; More than ordinary books, these books are pieces of collection.
worth the price June 11, 2008
as a titanic manic this book let's you really see the ship's of dreams was really look like inside.everything in this ship was the best.
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