"Andrea Doria represented the romance of travel, the possibility of new lives in the new world, and the glamour of 1950s art, culture, and life. Set against a glorious backdrop of celebrity and La Dolce Vita, [her] last voyage comes ... to life in a narrative tightly focused on her passengers--Cary Grant's wife; Philadelphia's flamboyant mayor; the heiress to the Marshall Field fortune; and brave Italian emigrants--who found themselves plunged into a desperate struggle to survive. [The book] follows the effect this trauma had on their lives, and brings the story up to date with the latest expeditions to the wreck"-- Provided by publisher.
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