Maiden Voyages
๐ PUB DAY BOOK REVIEW ๐
Title: Maiden Voyages
Author: Sian Evans
Publisher: St. Martinโs Press
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publication Day: 8/10/2021
Maiden Voyages is a non-fiction journey aboard ocean liners giving us the basic history of them, stories of women stewardesses who worked on them and as a bonus some history that went along this era.
Here is a list of the Ocean liners included in the book. And yes it does include the Titanic!
๐ข Britannia
๐ข SS Bothnia
๐ข Orinoco
๐ข Titanic
๐ข Carpathia
๐ข Aquitania
๐ข Olympic
๐ข Lusitania
๐ข Britannic
๐ขCarpathia
๐ข Saxonia
๐ข Laconia II
๐ข Majestic
๐ข Mauretania
๐ข Carinthia
๐ข Caronia
๐ข Zeeland
๐ข Tovarisch
๐ข Megantic
๐ข Berengaria
๐ข Mauretania
๐ข Lancastria
๐ข Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth
๐ข Transylvania
๐ข SS Cameronia
๐ข Normandie
๐ข Empress of Britain
๐ข Columbia
๐ข Regina
๐ข Franconia
๐ข Athenia
๐ข Georgic
๐ข City of Benares
๐ข Volendam
๐ข Balchi
๐ข Cicilia
๐ข Aguila
๐ข Saturnia
๐ข SS Argentina
๐ข Plantano
๐ข Samaria
๐ข Caronia II
๐ข La Cordillera
๐ข Parthia
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Thatโs a lot of freaking boats! And even though some of them are only briefly mentioned it still felt repetitive and this topic of the book was bogged down for me. I wish the focus was more on just the women. I quite liked their stories; especially Violet Jessopโs. I did also enjoy the historical parts and while I like glitz and glam; some of the passengers couldnโt help but feel like name dropping. For fans of non-fiction, the book Come Fly With Me (Pan Am), and Titanic fans too. This book would be great for a high school history teacher as a fun way to introduce history lessons.
Thank you to the publisher St. Martinโs Press @stmartinspress for sending me a review copy via @netgalley.