West With The Night appeared on 13 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 1920s and 30s. Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license. In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic — without stop West With The Night - Beryl Markham od authora Beryl Markham a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Beryl Markham |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
320 |
Rok vydání |
1984 |
Nakladatelství |
Little, Brown |