William Fife: Master of the Classic Yacht

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Franco Pace ... has brought together years of research and photography to celebrate the work of William Fife Jnr, one of the great geniuses of yacht design. All of the yachts featured here were designed in Scotland between 1890 and the Second World War, and are ... considered amongst the most beautiful, most elegant and fastest ever built. ..."--Jacket.

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