Helen Doe

The First Atlantic Liner

Brunel's Great Western Steamship

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first ever history of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's forgotten first ship, the SS Great Western, the fastest and largest Atlantic Steamship of its day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781445667201
• ISBN-10: 1445667207
• Artikelnr.: 47887916

Autorenporträt

Helen Doe is a maritime historian who has published extensively on nineteenth-century sail and steam, including co-editing and contributing to the award-winning Maritime History of Cornwall. Her previous book was The First Atlantic Liner: Brunel's Great Western Steamship. Her interests are in the people connected with vessels, whether on land or at sea. She has a PhD from the University of Exeter, where she has been a lecturer for some years. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Vice Chairman of the British Commission for Maritime History, a member of the UK Government's Council of Experts for National Historic Ships and trustee of the SS Great Britain Trust.