Contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. Dedication
4. Dramatis Personae
5. Prologue
6. Introduction: Cresting the Waves
7.  1. Floating Palaces and the ‘Unsinkable’ Violet Jessop
8.  2. From the Ritz to the Armistice
9.  3. Sail Away: Post-war Migration and the Escape from Poverty
10.  4. The Roaring Twenties
11.  5. Edith Sowerbutts and Her Contemporaries
12.  6. For Leisure and Pleasure
13.  7. Depression and Determination
14.  8. The Slide to War
15.  9. Women under Fire
16. 10. Romance, Repatriation and Recovery
17. Conclusion: Sailing into the Sunset
18. Ships’ Names by ‘Lucio’
19. Photographs
20. Acknowledgements
21. Picture Credits
22. Notes
23. Bibliography
24. Index
25. Also by Siân Evans
26. About the Author
27. Copyright