by Jean-Michel Barrault · Hachette Illustrated UK · tapa dura · ISBN 9781844300808
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«Yachting: The Golden Age» is the illustrated history essay on yachting by Jean-Michel Barrault, published by Hachette Illustrated UK in hardcover.
The book recreates the golden age of yachting between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it was a sport of kings and great fortunes such as Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Tsar of Russia, Alfonso XIII, the Rockefellers or Roosevelt. With photographs, paintings and period objects, it reviews regattas, yacht clubs and the opulence of the great ships.
Hardcover edition of 170 pages, in English, published by Hachette Illustrated UK in August 2004.
For enthusiasts of sailing and social history, with an interest in leisure navigation of the Belle Époque and its great regattas.
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