It makes sense that Palm Beacher Richard René Silvin would want to write a book about the Normandie — the French-built, Art Deco-styled luxury liner destroyed by fire in the Hudson River on Feb. 9, ...

SS Normandie only graced the seas for four years before meeting a fiery end. But it was long enough for her to be considered the ultimate ocean liner, profiled here as part of our Art Deco Centenary ...