Crossing on the Paris

Downton Abbey meets Titanic in this sweeping historical fiction novel about three women of different generations and social classes, whose lives intersect on a majestic ocean liner traveling from Paris to New York in the wake of World War I.

The opulent age of empires is ending, but the great queens of the sea—the magnificent luxury liners—continue to reign supreme. Despite the tragedy of the Titanic, the race to build ever larger and more extravagant floating palaces continues, and passenge...