Beyond The Blue Horizon
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Author: Alexander Frater
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
In Beyond The Blue Horizon, Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service-the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of the world's most highly respected travel correspondents."Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport; battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi; being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok; or hitting tropical Cyclone Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye." (The Evening Standard)
Author: Alexander Frater
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
In Beyond The Blue Horizon, Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service-the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of the world's most highly respected travel correspondents."Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport; battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi; being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok; or hitting tropical Cyclone Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye." (The Evening Standard)
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Alexander Frater
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
In Beyond The Blue Horizon, Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service-the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of the world's most highly respected travel correspondents."Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport; battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi; being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok; or hitting tropical Cyclone Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye." (The Evening Standard)
Author: Alexander Frater
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 448
In Beyond The Blue Horizon, Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service-the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of the world's most highly respected travel correspondents."Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport; battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi; being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok; or hitting tropical Cyclone Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye." (The Evening Standard)
Beyond The Blue Horizon