Falling Upwards - Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

Informationen zum Autor Richard Holmes was born in London in 1945 and educated at Downside School and Churchill College, Cambridge. In 1974 his Shelley: The Pursuit won the Somerset Maugham Award and was described by Stephen Spender as ‘surely the best biography of Shelley ever written’. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was awarded an OBE in 1992 and the Biographers' Club Lifetime Services to Biography Prize in 2014. He lives in London and Norwich with the novelist Rose Tremain. Klappentext NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION

Product details

• Authors: Richard Holmes, Holmes Richard
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780008380267
• ISBN: 978-0-00-838026-7
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, General and world history, The Americas, Aerospace & aviation technology, True stories of discovery, Aerospace and aviation technology