"The story of their one hundred years of service is accompanied by numerous fascinating anecdotes, and the book focuses as much on the social need for coastal passenger services, the men and women who provided the services and the passengers who used them, as it does on the details of the ships themselves. This book delivers a well-presented approach to a valuable part of the British maritime business, alas no longer with us. It also makes an essential contribution to the social history of the times."

Paul Ridgeway, Africa Ports & Ships, June 2022

Provides a good overview of the history of the liners that served British travelers from the originof the steam ship to the extinction of the coastal liner service. The book is well organised, telling a broad story in roughly chronological order, but also including chapters that give depth to the bigger picture. Passenger ship enthusiasts will likely appriciate the book and consider it a great buy. It is a good resource for anyone interested in British Passenger Liners.

The Northern Mariner

CLAUDIA, Dione, Busy Bee, The Earl of Aberdeen – evocative names of passenger and cargo liners, and of an era long gone. The story of their 100 years' of service is brought to life here by Nick Robbins. A must for maritime enthusiasts.

Best of British

This is an excellent book on an often neglected part of our maritime heritage.

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