German Ocean Liner KRONPRINZESSIN C

Originally schedule speaker Matthew Dennison’s lecture on Beatrix Potter has been cancelled.

The Industrial Age spawned growth, engineering wonders and a spirited race for size and distinction in many areas.  As the sun set on the 19^th century and then began to shine even more brightly in the early years of the 20^th century, an era of greater structural wonders began.  Bill Miller, the author of over 100 books on passenger liners and cruise ships as well as a frequent guest speaker about today’s liners, will take us back to the end of the Victorian age when Britain and British passenger ships ruled the seas.  Almost suddenly, in 1897, Imperial Germany emerges—with the biggest, fastest and most luxurious liners yet to cross the North Atlantic.  It was the age of “the only way to cross.”  Miller will take us into the Edwardian Age and to that fateful summer of 1914 that cast Europe into war.  Great liners like the Mauretania, Imperator and the immortal Titanic will appear—the ships themselves, their race for distinction, their passengers and of course their luxurious, upper-deck suites and salons.

 Come aboard:  The whistle is sounding—a great liner is leaving New York for a week long passage to Europe!

The Victorian Society New York sponsors a series of free lectures at The English Speaking Union, 144 E. 39th St., between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan. No reservations are required. Attendees are invited to post-lecture receptions.