Praise for First Class:

“First Class: Legendary Ocean Liner Voyages Around the World engaged me from the get-go, its slender landscape-oriented format, as sleek and elegant as an ocean liner. Gérard Piouffre’s masterful blend of photographs, history, and ocean liner lore effortlessly transported me—an unabashed sentimentalist—right back to the nostalgic heyday of ocean liner travel. Would that it were possible to book passage on each of the voyages mapped out.”

“Conjuring a leisurely world of ocean travel unhaunted by icebergs or any other perils of the deep.”

                                                                                                                      ~ Stephen Heyman, The Moment/NYT

 

“(Gérard Piouffre) provides a beautiful overview of historic vessels that once journeyed across our oceans.”

                                                                                                                        ~ Elodie Noulin-Merat, Metro

 “Fascinating.” ~ The Perceptive Travel Blog

 

“It’s a book that makes a terrific holiday gift for anyone who loves boats, cruises, history . . . .” ~ Alison Wellner, Luxist

 

“A trawl through First Class makes one yearn for an era when getting there, as the slogan had it, was half the fun.”

~  The Globe and Mail: Books

Not so long ago, magnificent ocean liners—unmatched in opulence by today's vessels—sailed the seas from New York to Rio, Alexandria to Marseilles, and from Southampton to Singapore. In this enchanting book, presented in a slipcase made to resemble a battered steamer trunk, these legendary ships—The Normandie, The Mauretania, and The Majestic—are gloriously resurrected through photographs, posters, watercolors, advertising art, memorabilia, and more.