(Photo Libi Pedder)Įvans organizes her material chronologically. It was this last set of passengers, Evans explains, whose relatively inexpensive tickets made transatlantic ocean liners profitable.
She describes the ways ship decks represented English social hierarchies, with lavishly decorated top decks reserved for the wealthy, middle decks used by those who could afford some comfort, and bottom decks serving the poor, who suffered in cramped, unsanitary conditions. She brings her considerable talents to this project, which effervesces with fascinating facts and biographies of the famous, infamous, and heretofore unknown.Įvans begins Maiden Voyages in Edwardian England, when the first modern ocean liners transported passengers from Southampton and Liverpool to Halifax and New York. Evans is a cultural historian from Wales whose previous works have explored British class and design. In Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them, Siân Evans provides a lively account of the experiences of female workers and travelers aboard big ships sailing between England and the U.S.
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