A beautiful book about a beautiful ship

This book by Mark Chirnside pays tribute to a passenger steamer that - despite being amongst the biggest, most elegant and most popular liners of the early 20th century - has always been a bit in the shadow of the more famous fleet mate Mauretania.

Chirnside tells the eventful story of Aquitania's successful and extraordinarily long career, from her start of service in 1914 until her end in 1950. In fact, Aquitania what The Only One of the famous "four stackers" that served in World Wars Both.

The book features many high-quality photographs I have not seen before (with some beautiful color photographs among them) as well as deck plan and a wonderful cutaway profile.

This book is a must-have for any ocean liner buff and / or Cunard historian.