| Primrose: Queen of the Waves Contributor(s): Collins, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508888299 ISBN-13: 9781508888291 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: You have to have been on the remotest of remote desert islands to be unaware of the upstairs-downstairs life in the stately old houses of Britain and its strict social divisions. We've all at some stage been enthralled, enraged, fascinated - or a combination of all three - at this symbol of class distinction. It took a world war to bring about its demise. But in another area it steamed on, literally, for another 40 years; on the upper and lower decks of the luxury ocean liners. This is a story, based on the author's experiences on one such ship in the 1960s, of the sharp and ..... |