Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:His Majesty's Airship: The Life And Tragic Death Of The World's Largest Flying MachineISBN13:9781982168278ISBN10:1982168277Author:Gwynne, S. C. (Author)Description:From The Bestselling Author Of The Pulitzer Prize Finalist Empire Of The Summer Moon Comes A Stunning Historical Tale Of The Rise And Fall Of The World's Largest Airship--And The Doomed Love Story Between An Ambitious British Officer And A Married Romanian Princess At Its Heart The Tragic Story Of The British Airship R101--Which Went Down In A Spectacular Hydrogen-Fueled Fireball In 1930, Killing More People Than Died In The Hindenburg Disaster Seven Years Later--Has Been Largely Forgotten In His Majesty's Airship, Historian S C Gwynne Resurrects It In Vivid Detail, Telling The Epic Story Of Great Ambition Gone Terribly Wrong Airships, Those Airborne Leviathans That Occupied Center Stage In The World In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, Were A Symbol Of The Future R101 Was Not Just The Largest Aircraft Ever To Have Flown And The Product Of The World's Most Advanced Engineering--She Was Also The Lynchpin Of An Imperial British Scheme To Link By Air The Far-Flung Areas Of Its Empire From Australia To India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, And Singapore No One Had Ever Conceived Of Anything Like This R101 Captivated The World There Was Just One Problem: Beyond The Hype And Technological Wonders, These Big, Steel-Framed, Hydrogen-Filled Airships Were A Dangerously Bad Idea Gwynne's Chronicle Features A Cast Of Remarkable--And Often Tragically Flawed--Characters, Including Lord Christopher Thomson, The Man Who Dreamed Up The Imperial Airship Scheme And Then Relentlessly Pushed R101 To Her Destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, The Celebrated Writer And Glamorous Socialite With Whom He Had A Long Affair; And Herbert Scott, A National Hero Who Had Made The First Double Crossing Of The Atlantic In Any Aircraft In 1919--Eight Years Before Lindbergh's Famous Flight--But Who Devolved Into Drink And Ruin These Historical Figures--And The Ship They Built, Flew, And Crashed--Come Together In A Grand Tale That Details The Rocky Road To Commercial Aviation Written By One Of The Best Popular Historians Writing Today Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyPublication Date:2023-05-02Weight:1.36 lbsDimensions:1.07'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:416Language:English
Price: 27.92 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-12-25T16:40:11.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: HIS Majesty's Airship : the Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: South Carolina Gwynne
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Aviation / General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / General, Modern / 20th Century, Aviation / History, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Travel, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 17.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
