West With The Night
$25.84
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2015
Summary
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR
‘A beautiful and evocative story’ TIME OUT
’[Markham] can write rings around all of us … ‘ ERNEST HEMINGWAY
‘A vivacious account of an eccentric life’ DAILY MAIL
West with the Night appeared on thirteen bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham - aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty - and her life in the Kenya of the 19…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860685418 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0860685411 |
| Author: | Beryl Markham |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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A poet’s feeling for her land, an adventurer’s response to life
A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen’s OUT OF AFRICA - Time Out
A poet’s feeling for her land, an adventurer’s response to life - New York HERALD TribuneAbout The Author
Beryl Markham
Beryl Markham (1902-1986) was born in England, but grew up in East Africa. She apprenticed as a trainer and breeder of racehorses and in the 1930s became an African bush pilot. In 1936, she became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of her memoir, West with the Night.
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