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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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    The Return

    Victoria Hislop

West With the Night

by Beryl Markham

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ISBN13: 9780860685418
ISBN10: 0860685411
Condition: Standard
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First published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a remarkable aviator and racehorse trainer, based largely in Kenya. Reissue.

Synopsis:

This autobiography reveals the unusual life of innovator and adventurer Beryl Markham, the first woman in Africa to be granted a racehorse trainer's licence. Taking up flying in 1931, she invented big game hunting by air and became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780860685418
Author:
MARKHAM, BERYL
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
N
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Series:
VIRAGO TRAVELLERS
Publication Date:
19840611
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
308
Dimensions:
190 x 130 in.
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