Cover of Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways. Alexander Frater

Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways. Alexander Frater

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 our most highly respected travel correspondents.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 430 pages

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