Cruising on the Queen Elizabeth 2: Around the World in 91 Days
Written by Bernard M. Patten
Narrated by Gregory V. Diehl
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About this audiobook
HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is the most celebrated craft afloat and one of the greatest technical achievements of the 20th century. In her construction and maintenance are involved almost every science, profession, and trade known to civilization. On her bridge stand officers, who besides being the pick of the Royal Navy, have passed rigid examinations in all studies pertaining to winds, tides, currents, navigation, and the geography of the sea.
For 91 days, author Bernard M. Patten, M.D., sailed around the world on this ultimate cruise ship. What was it like onboard this most luxurious of luxury liners? "Marvelous, simply marvelous," he assures the reader with obvious enthusiasm that spills off every page.
Determined to give the reader the complete QE2 experience, Patten and his wife, Ethel, roomed in progressively better accommodations, moving level by level from the least expensive class ("Mauritania 5") to the Penthouse Suite, which included their own butlers, Geoffrey and Paul. Along with the Pattens, readers will experience every deck, every restaurant, and every level of luxury that this incredible ocean liner has to offer.
Whether you’re a cruise buff, or planning your own stay aboard this fabulous ship, or just want to take a trip in your imagination on a cold rainy night, Cruising on the Queen Elizabeth 2 will provide you with interesting information, entertaining stories, and ample pleasures.
Bernard M. Patten
Dr. Bernard M. Patten, an instructor of memory, neuroscience, and logic at Rice University and the Women's Institute of Houston, has been featured on 60 Minutes, Frontline, TF-1, BBC TV, German National TV, and Australian National TV. Dr. Patten holds an A.B. from Columbia College summa cum laude and graduated second in his class from Columbia's Medical School with an MD. He interned at Cornell and did his Neurology training at the Neurological Institute of New York, where he was Chief Resident Neurologist. Before acting as the assistant chief of medical neurology at the National Institutes of Health, he was the Memory Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and set up the first memory clinic and memory consultation service in America. He has also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Montpellier in France, the Charcot Clinic in Paris, and the Karolinska in Stockholm. As the vice chair of the Department of Neurology and chief of nerve and muscle diseases at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Patten published over 100 scientific papers. He is the author of eight non-medical books in print, and his most notable professional accomplishments include being part of the team of physicians who discovered the L-DOPA treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
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