The Unseen Olympic: The Ship in Rare Illustrations Paperback – September 1, 2017

This book is absolutely wonderful. I have grown to love the RMS Olympic a very good deal, and there is a lot to know about her, but unfortunately, she is more often than not overshadowed by her fated sisters, Titanic and Britannic. Because I already do know a great deal about this ship, a lot of the photographs are things I have seen, but they are always a treat to have compiled together between two covers. What I have loved the most about this is the fact that Patrick Mylon did something I feel is very respectful to the ship and her history itself. As anyone who knows something about Olympic will understand is that in 1935, she was sent to the scrap-yard after the merger of White Star Line and Cunard Line. She was aging by then, and her fashion was no longer top-notch for the new Art Deco era. Many books that feature Olympic will show the horrible images of her final scrapping, which to any maritime enthusiast, are painful to see. A beautiful ship reduced to nothing is harsh. Mylon did not end the book with any of these photos though, instead quoting that he believed we should all be left with the look of her in life, and not what her final end is. He did describe it, but no illustrations follow it, which I am glad of.In all, I would surely say this is a great book for any fan of the RMS Olympic to buy. It's a great keepsake and well worth it's money.

Finally I got the book! Frankly, there WAS some rare Olympic Pictures in the book, but, I feel hey - what about all the People who took pictures of her With their own camera? I am sure there are thousands pictures of her in private hands. just sad they don't come up With what they have(their kids). You can tell the author loves the ship, and have dedicated the book to her designer and to a man that DO NEED some credit....I won't name him - go look at the book! The author gives a lot of personal touch in the book and feel, like me, that the long endured Old Reliable DID deserve more credit than both Titanic and Britannic(as much as I am Titanic buff). She had a part in WW I and had hundreds of voyages. she saw the Statue of Liberty many times and had her home at the pier waiting her each time. Out of my understanbding why they scrapped ships. Now, we only have the deteriorating Britannic. I find it sad, so sad the Olympic was underated. Well, the book is(I just got it today!)full of Pictures and the information is very detailed. a 5 star buy!! Because I can't give 6.

All-in-all this book contains a wealth of illustrations of the "Olympic" - as to how "Rare" they are - I'm in doubt - but I'm an old fart and have been studying the Olympic-class liners for a period of 60 years - you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get something by me. But, the nice thing about his book is that it has all these photos of the ship in one book - hence, you don't have to go thumbing through a dozen books to find images. It's a great effort - the "Olympic" was in service for 24 years - there must have been thousands of photos taken during her career - the problem is finding them after 100 years. The book is well worth the money - so, getting a lot of source material and a bang for your buck - there's nothing wrong with that.

I think the book is very good. I read the stories of all the great liners. The two Cunard speedsters, the Aquitania, the Titanic etc. The Olympic overlooked by a lot of people but she was almost exactly as large and grand as Titanic and Britannic but was the only one of the three that actually crossed the north Atlantic as she was intended. What I especially liked about this book were the photographs. Some I had seen. Many I had not. There were also ample photos of the other great ships of the day which made comparison in size and grandeur possible. I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the early great liners of the 20th century.

I highly recommend this book. It's a beautiful, just beautiful collection of Olympic pictures and illustrations... many of which I had never seen before. This is the best book on the Olympic I've read so far. (Although my interest in her is rather new.) If you also have an interest in Titanic, this book is for you as well. (There is a section on Titanic.) Seeing so many pictures and reading about "Old Reliable's" long career gave me a sense of "what could have been" had Titanic not met her tragic fate.

What a great book by Patrick Mylon. Once I picked it up I had to sit and go through it all as it is so well done and so informative, one of the best I've seen. I believe Patrick is penning his third book and I can't wait to be able to be one of the first to but it. I bought several copies as gifts to others. Do not hesitate to buy this book you won't be sorry but pleasantly surprised.

I've bought a fair share of books about famous Olympic class liners. This book is really a good book and a great addition to any White Star liners enthusiast. The admiration and passion for the mighty three sisters can be seen throughout the book with a most memorable end note I've ever read! It's a must have for every Olympic class liner fan...

An excellant book. gives good insight to design and lives of her sister ships "Olympic" and Titanic, a great book. Well worth reading by all.