The astounding stories of the first women aviators, who took to the skies in the 1920s all of them intrepid, determined, and remarkably stylish. -- Sue Roe, author of Hidden Portraits What a delightful book! Written with verve, Atlantic Furies cuts across all the categories and all our expectations of the women who, in the Roaring Twenties, broke that singular glass ceiling: the aviation cockpit. This is the deeply transatlantic and transcontinental story of the pathbreaking women, from all walks of life, who dared. We all know the story of Amelia Earhart. Now we know the story of her compatriots and competitors. -- Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot Praise for The Barbed-Wire University:
A valuable, fascinating, and moving book this is a riveting collection of stories about incredible resourcefulness. * The Guardian * Praise for Amy Johnson:
This diligent, vivid, and stirring biography an exceptionally thorough biography, but one that wears its research lightly, never allowing it to choke up the narrative. Her book is perceptive without being over-analytical; colourful without being over-egged and full of admiration for its subject without ever toppling into over-empathy. I was gripped, exhilarated, and moved by it. * The Sunday Telegraph * Praise for Piccadilly:
A magpies nest of a book, replete with anecdotes, sketches, and quotes Piccadilly is painstakingly researched and as busy as the Circus itself. * TLS *
