In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo record to Australia.The Daily Mail transformed her into a celebrity whose career was followed by millions.But fame and the thrill of her flight to Australia made her restless and she took on record-breaking flights to Tokyo and Cape Town.She went through a tempestuous marriage which crumbled and became a glamorous fahion icon.Her plane disappeared over the Thames Estuary during the Second World War, sparking rumours which are still being investigated today.Midge Gillies’ fascinating new biography gives an intimate portrait of a complicated and passionate worman, a fearless adventurer with an inexhaustible lust for life.

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Product Code:	9237
Author:	Midge Gillies
ISBN:	0 297 82982 3
Format:	384pp, b/w photographs, hb. Published Price £20.00
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