{"id":9879017193753,"title":"QUEEN ELIZABETH: 1940 - \"From Victory to Valhalla\"","handle":"queen-elizabeth-1940-from-victory-to-valhalla","description":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line: \"RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH - from Victory to Valhalla\", by David F. Hutchings, published in 1990, softbound with 110 pages.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-researched look back at the glorious, and tragic, QE.  Hutchings begins with construction and launch, and includes a chapter describing the differences between LIZZIE and her sister QUEEN MARY.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf special interest are the interior photographs taken upon her arrival in New York after her secret voyage across the Atlantic in March 1940.  Far from being unfinished, her First Class Library was stocked with books, the Ballroom and Restaurant are complete except for furniture, and the Third Class Dining Room was complete AND furnished.  Other book highlights include a detailed chapter on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's war years, another chapter on what it was like to work onboard, and a description of her final years as a tawdry attraction and finally a burning wreck. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-03-11T12:01:24-04:00","created_at":"2025-03-11T12:01:24-04:00","vendor":"N","type":"- Books","tags":["- Books","Cunard"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":50521846382873,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"12125","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"QUEEN ELIZABETH: 1940 - \"From Victory to Valhalla\"","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":1361,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12125.jpg?v=1741708844"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12125.jpg?v=1741708844","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":40669469245721,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.785,"height":2549,"width":2000,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12125.jpg?v=1741708844"},"aspect_ratio":0.785,"height":2549,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12125.jpg?v=1741708844","width":2000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line: \"RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH - from Victory to Valhalla\", by David F. Hutchings, published in 1990, softbound with 110 pages.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-researched look back at the glorious, and tragic, QE.  Hutchings begins with construction and launch, and includes a chapter describing the differences between LIZZIE and her sister QUEEN MARY.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf special interest are the interior photographs taken upon her arrival in New York after her secret voyage across the Atlantic in March 1940.  Far from being unfinished, her First Class Library was stocked with books, the Ballroom and Restaurant are complete except for furniture, and the Third Class Dining Room was complete AND furnished.  Other book highlights include a detailed chapter on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's war years, another chapter on what it was like to work onboard, and a description of her final years as a tawdry attraction and finally a burning wreck. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}