Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard the First Female Pilot - Matthew Clark Smith

Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard the First Female Pilot - Matthew Clark Smith

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Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard - a woman meant for the air - as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight. Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France balloonomania has fiercely gripped the nation ... but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of shattering that myth falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village entirely devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon nor the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course. The words of Matthew Clark Smith bring Sophie's story to light after so many years while Matt Tavares' atmospheric art and unique perspectives take her to new heights.

TITLE: Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard the First Female Pilot

AUTHOR: Matthew Clark Smith

SKU: 9781406386257

PUBLISHER: Walker Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 01/10/2018

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 32

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 200 mm x 280 mm x 4 mm

WEIGHT: 175 gr

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