West Over The Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie Mackay - Couverture souple

Baldwin, Jayne

 
9781912014699: West Over The Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie Mackay
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1912014696 ISBN 13 : 9781912014699
Editeur : 2QT Limited (Publishing), 2017

Synopsis

Glamorous heiress Elsie Mackay could have lived her life in the social whirl of high society, partying with princes and dancing with dukes. Instead this wilful young woman was determined to pursue her dreams - eloping with a dashing soldier, starring on the silver screen, and designing the luxurious interiors of ocean liners. But her greatest passion was for aviation, still in its infancy in the 1920s, and her burning ambition was to become the first woman to not only fly the Atlantic but to cross those unforgiving waves by the most challenging route - east to west - against the prevailing winds. Not only were the odds stacked against her but she knew her father, the shipping tycoon Lord Inchcape, would do everything in his considerable power to stop her.

Journalist Jayne Baldwin uncovers the forgotten story of the bold and beautiful woman who blazed a trail across newspaper headlines, high society and who loved the heady mix of speed and danger that marked the early days of aviation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jayne Baldwin divides her time between writing, publishing, running the children's bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown, and teaching yoga. She lives by the sea in Galloway, south west Scotland, and is a director of Curly Tale Books Ltd.

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Éditeur
2QT Limited (Publishing)
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1912014696
ISBN 13 
9781912014699
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
164
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Personne responsable
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