Q. E. II

Offering a history of the QE2 as well as background on the Cunard Line, this book chronicles every stage of the QE2's life including her construction, her maiden voyage, her service in the Falklands War and her most recent restoration. A guide to the ship's interior completes the picture. The QE2, last of the great transatlantic liners, is already a legend. She is 963 feet long, weighs over 67,000 tons, has four swimming pools, 22 elevators and a crew of 900. This revised and illustrated book offers a full history of the ship as well as background on the Cunard Line. It chronicles every stage of the QE2's life including her construction and launch, her maiden voyage in 1969, her service in the Falklands War as a troopship and her most recent restoration and refurbishment. A guide to the ship's interior completes the picture.