Beryl Markham Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Beryl Markham, who died in 1986, was the first person to fly solo from England to America. The full story of her adventures across three continents are revealed in this biography of a lady whose fame as a pioneer flyer and leading racehorse trainer, was only exceeded by her beauty and controversial character.

Die Geschichten spiegeln ihre Interessen wider: Pferde, Luftfahrt, Afrika. Einige stammen aus realen Ereignissen – Gebote bei einer Pferdeauktion, das Fliegen durch einen gewalttätigen Sturm, ein Angriff eines Löwen. Andere sind Romanzen und Abenteuer, typisch für die Kriegsjahre, in denen sie geschrieben wurden. Alle sind vor dem Hintergrund eines Afrikas angesiedelt, mit dem sie eng vertraut war.

Beryl Markham moved to Kenya with her father at the age of four and stayed until her death in 1986. Her incredible autobiography describes the Africa she learnt to love: her childhood surrounded by the tribal people, her tangles - often nearly fatal - with its wild animals and her passions for racehorses and aeroplanes. Markham achieved notoriety and success as a horse trainer when one of her horses won the most prestigious race in Kenya. She turned her hand to aeroplanes with Denys Finch Hatton, the lover of Karen Blixen, as a teacher and became the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's licence. Her adventures and courageous career as a bush pilot are recounted in vivid detail here, along with the richness and fascination of life in Kenya in the twenties and thirties.