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Falling Upwards - How We Took To The Air - Richard Holmes
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Richard Holmes’s Falling Upwards tells the extraordinary story of the pioneering balloonists who risked their lives to explore the skies. From early Anglo-French balloon rivalries and daring flights by Sophie Blanchard, John Wise and Felix Nadar to military observation balloons, the mass escape from besieged Paris in 1870–71, and James Glaisher’s record-breaking high-altitude ascent, Holmes explores the history, science and personalities behind early flight. He also examines the influence of ballooning on writers such as Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne, creating a fascinating blend of adventure, technology, art and human imagination.
Hardback with dj
Illustrated
Printed - 2013
Pages -404
ISBN -9780307379665
Condition - very good used book
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