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Ryndam
First Class Passenger
Member # 1315

posted 04-19-2001 02:15 PM

There have been many topics about movies with cruise ships and ocean liners, but I can’t remember anything about books. I don’t mean books like “Great Passenger Ships”, “Picture History of the Cunard Line”, "Cruise Ships of the World", "Era of the Passenger Liner", “Modern Cruise Ships”, etc., but novels, where ships are involved in the story. Here’s a list with the books I’ve read:
- Richard Setlowe: The Black Sea;
- Alistar MacLean: San Andreas;
- Alistar MacLean: The Golden Rendezvous;
- Wilbur Smith: Come il Mare (Hungry as the Sea);
- Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain: Murder on the QE2;
- Richard Henrick: Attack on the Queen;
- Walter Lord: The Night Lives On;
- Charles Pellegrino: Her Name Titanic;
- Clive Cussler: Deep Six;
- Clive Cussler: Vortice (Pacific Vortex);
- Clive Cussler: Enigma (The Mediterranean Caper);
- Clive Cussler: Recuperate il Titanic (Raise the Titanic);
- Clive Cussler: Alta Marea (Flood Tide);
- Clive Cussler: Serpent;
- David Poyer: The Passage;
- Archibald Gracie: Il Sopravvissuto del Titanic (The Truth About the Titanic);
- Geoffrey Marcus: Il Viaggio Inaugurale del Titanic (The Maiden Voyage);
- Norberto Biso: I Vivi, I Morti e I Naviganti (Only in Italian);
- Marco Ferrari: Grand Hotel Oceano (Only in Italian);
- Cesare De Marchi: Una Crociera (Only in Italian);
- Stefano Giusto: L’Ultimo Viaggio (Only In Italian);
- Febrizio Rondolino: Niente Da Segnalare (Only In Italian);
- Robin Gardiner & Dan Var Der Vat: I Due Titanic (The Riddle of the Titanic);
- Walter Lord: Titanic (A Night To Remember);
- Arthur Clarke: Il Fantasma del Titanic (The Ghost from the Grand Banks);
- Peter Tonkin: Impatto (The Heel Gate);
- Beryl Bainbridge: Every Man for Himself.
All these books are very nice novels and I suggest all the ship’s lovers to read them. See Air Talk for some novels with airplanes. The title of the book between brackets is the original one when the book was in Italian. My next books, which I’ve already ordered through internet will be:
- Jack Finney: Assault on a Queen;
- Ernest Lehman: The French Atlantic Affair;
- Henrique Galvao: My Crusade for Portugal (Thanks a lot Paulo for your suggestion).
Further suggestions for additional books will be really appreciated.

Ryndam

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Frank X. Prudent
First Class Passenger
Member # 1723

posted 04-20-2001 12:51 AM

Much of Frances Parkinsons Keyes novel STEAMBOAT GOTHIC takes place aboard painstakingly researched Mississippi River steamboats. Quite a bit of the novel takes place aboard the Str. RICHMOND; nicknamed by riverfolk of the day "The Rebel Home" due to her unreconstructed southern owner Capt. J. Stut Neil

Much of the steamboat information Miss Keyes used for her work was supplied by noted river historian Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. After publication Miss Keyes held a party at Washington DC's Sulgrave Club to which Captain Way was invited. Upon entering the rarified air of the Sulgrave Club he asked a suitably liveried doorman, "What gives at these things?" "I don't know what gives," was the doormans reply, "but when Miss Keyes throws a party it stays throwed!" She can write a heck of a gothic novel too; I reccommend it.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 04-20-2001 12:33 PM

The Memory of Eva Ryker - Donald Stanwood, another fictionalized TITANIC story, which was actually pretty inventive, and was made into an atrocious TV movie w/Natalie Wood.

Liner - Noel Mostert, the man who wrote the bestselling book about supertankers in the 70's. LINER deals with the goings on of a fictional US-flag liner named COLUMBIA, if I am not mistaken.

[This message has been edited by Rex (edited 04-20-2001).]

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QM2
First Class Passenger
Member # 1706

posted 04-21-2001 11:13 PM

I collect the maritime fiction of the British author Humfrey Jordan (born 1885). His best known book is probably the history of the Mauretania, but he wrote more than twenty novels with passenger liner settings. Here's a list of those that I've found so far;

The Joyous Wayfarer, 1911
Carmen and Mr. Dryasdust, 1914
A Few Friends, 1929
White Masters, 1929
Roundabout, 1935
Mauretania, 1936
The Commander Shall..., 1936
Sea Way Only, 1937
Ship by herself, 1938
Anchor comes back, 1939
Tide still flowing, 1940
This Island Demands, 1941
Decency of hate, 1943
Day without evening, 1944
Landfall then Departure, 1946
From Such Freedoms, 1947
Blue Water Dwelling, 1949
The Islander, 1951
A Valley Decides, 1952
Overdue-Arrived, 1953
Only a real Jonah, 1954
No one way, 1955
No charts for the job, 1956
Found at sea, 1957
Spoiling for Mischief, 1958
Broken Link Holds, 1960
Finished with engines, 1961
Not so Easy, 1962

Mark http://www.maritime.f2s.com/

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nevadaflip
First Class Passenger
Member # 1682

posted 04-22-2001 12:33 PM

Nice website, Mark.

Jerry

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QM2
First Class Passenger
Member # 1706

posted 04-22-2001 05:53 PM

Thanks Jerry, glad to hear that you like the site; it's been on-line for a whole 24 hours now.Still needs lots of work.
Mark http://www.maritime.f2s.com/

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linerlvr
First Class Passenger
Member # 2009

posted 05-16-2001 01:20 PM

One book that I did not see on your list was "The French Atlantic Affair". I'm sorry but I don't recall the author. (A television miniseries was made based on the book in the early 80's but was by no means as good as the book!)

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nathan
First Class Passenger
Member # 720

posted 05-16-2001 01:32 PM

I read two interesting books recently: Murder on the Mauretania, and Murder on the Lusitania. Both were fictional accounts of murders on these ships maiden voyages. I can't remember the author, but if anyone is interested, I'll look him up.

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Baker
First Class Passenger
Member # 1311

posted 05-17-2001 03:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by linerlvr:
One book that I did not see on your list was "The French Atlantic Affair". I'm sorry but I don't recall the author. (A television miniseries was made based on the book in the early 80's but was by no means as good as the book!)

The auther was Ernest Lehman and its published by Pan books, and I have to say its a real good book, I couldnt put it down... B

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Elizabeth
First Class Passenger
Member # 142

posted 05-17-2001 05:43 AM

Two books I have read are:-

Murder,She Wrote....Murder on the QE2 (Based on the TV series.)

The Cruise - This book was written by a number of authors for the Dyslexia Institute.It is set on the Oriana. P&O asked that the ship not be hijacked or sunk.
Each author writes a chapter then hands it on to the next author. An interesting read.
Elizabeth

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