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Description
This intriguing book, this novel to be precise, is a story of the air, of men's passions aroused by a ruthless ambition, and of a love which grew in fear and flowered in storm.
Characteristic
| Book cover finish | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | Dedicated copy, Original edition ( O.E. or Or.E ) |
| Conditions | Good |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Published date | 1956 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 14 x 21 x 3 cm |
| Author | David Beaty |
| Editor | SECKER & WARBURG |
What's this all about?
Emperor Able Dog was the first of the giant new aircraft with which Sir James Joliffe, Chairman of Air Enterprise Limied, planned to secure supremacy for Britain in the Atlantic air. For with this machine it would be possible to operate non - stop from London to New York even against the strongest headwinds.
But on the proving flight, with Sir James and the Under - Secretary for Air as passengers, all does not go as planned. On this roud trip from London to New York and Bermuda, the two captains, young Bellamy and the veteran Cavendish, are tested as never before ; for they find themselves with two, often conflicting, duties, to their chief and to their passengers. ( ... )
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