France/Norway: France's Last Liner/Norway's First Mega Cruise Ship

by John Maxtone-Graham

Then a miraculous reprieve: the head of Norwegian Cruise Line decided to buy France; the vessel was revamped for warm weather and rechristened Norway. One of the last North Atlantic liners became the Caribbean's first megaship. The singularity of this incredible hull that sailed in two contrasting modes demands remembrance--she was the pioneering big ship, popularizing a scale of cruising then unknown.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393069036
• ISBN13: 9780393069037
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.4" x 11.3"