Publisher's Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of The Foundling Boy, The Great and the Good is a 1950s American classic about a tranformative journey by sea.
'Slyly funny, yet still touching' The Sunday Times
Arthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future.
But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life.