Corsairville: The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat [Lingua Inglese]: The Last Domain of the Flying Boat - Rilegato

Coster, Graham

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0670866539 ISBN 13: 9780670866533

Casa editrice: Viking, 2000

Riassunto

The hint of an obscure legend involving the salvage of a flying boat in a corner of the Belgian Congo set Coster on this quest. His journey started in Southampton, from where Imperial Airways' Empire boats left for Britain's far-flung Dominions, and took him through Africa - down the Nile, through Uganda, Kenya and Malawi, from Lake Naivasha to Victoria Falls. He also travelled on the last passenger flying boats, 50-year-old Mallards and Gooses that took him to idyllic Caribbean islands and wild bays in Alaska, taking off in a whirl of spray and touching down with a thrilling whomph! More than a travel book, this is a remarkable piece of secret history, and a journey to a vanished age when air travel could truly change your life.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Graham Coster was born in 1960 in Croydon. After reading English at Cambridge he worked as Assistant Editor of GRANTA. He has written two previous books and writes for GQ, the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY and the DAILY TELEGRAPH. He is now an editor ata publishing house.

Product Description:

Book by Coster Graham

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Viking
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0670866539
• ISBN 13: 9780670866533
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288