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The Sky is Not Enough
€ 17.99
ISBN: 9781781996539
In 1928, newlywed and titled Lady Mary Heath embarks on her most daring adventure yet: a solo flight from Cape Town to Croydon. Already a trailblazer-Britain's first woman to parachute from a plane and earn a commercial pilot's license-she's determined to prove women belong in aviation and to showcase the potential of “the colonies.”
Fiercely independent, Mary charts her 10,000-mile route using pages from a road atlas, services her own aircraft, and defies every expectation placed on women. But as she soars across continents, memories from a traumatic past resurface: her mother murdered, her father imprisoned in an Irish asylum, and a childhood shaped by repression and loss.
After enduring illness, seeking help from Mussolini, and being nursed by a tribal chief's harem, she finally lands in London-heels, furs, and all. Though celebrated, Mary realizes fame cannot free her from her past. She has conquered the skies but not the shadows that follow.
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Date of Publication: 19/01/2026
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