The first flight over the Channel was not a sedentary affair. It was a race. And there were no rules. Read a book that gives the wider view rather than the known story behind Louis Bleriot s first flight over the Channel. Barbara Walsh compiled the details on the life and career of Hubert Latham and many facts around the days leading up to the historic flight in 1909.
I like history. If it is sometimes weird and wonderful, so much the better.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Queens Consort of England
Lisa
Hilton wrote Queens Consort, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The
medieval lives of England’s Queens are presented in a well researched book. As
a bonus, it’s a darn good read as well. The book dispels any notions of powerless damsels in distress and reveals the female power-brokers behind the throne.
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