{"product_id":"his-majestys-airship-9780861547081","title":"His Majestys Airship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe forgotten story of Britain's own Hindenburg disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eI loved every page of this book\u003c\/strong\u003e. Even though we’re aware of R101’s tragic fate from the beginning, Gwynne still delivers \u003cstrong\u003ean intensely dramatic story\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eUtterly thrilling\u003c\/strong\u003e... \u003cstrong\u003eReads more like a page-turning thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e than a well-researched history but is equally satisfying on both counts.' —\u003cem\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe airship race of the 1920s and 1930s carried that familiar mixture of visionary idealism, populist politics and wishful thinking… As S.C. Gwynne points out in \u003cstrong\u003ethis excellent account of perhaps Britain’s greatest imperial folly\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ —\u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eCaptivating\u003c\/strong\u003e... Gwynne spins a rich tale of technology, daring and folly that transcends its putative subject. Like any good popular history, it’s also\u003cstrong\u003e a portrait of an age\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA Promethean tale of unlimited ambitions\u003c\/strong\u003e and technical limitations, airy dreams and explosive endings.' —\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An \u003cstrong\u003eenthralling\u003c\/strong\u003e study of the airship era that \u003cstrong\u003ehas the reader hooked from page one\u003c\/strong\u003e. Courage, hubris, ingenuity and a shocking disregard for safety are all bound up with fading empire and one man’s dreams.' —Julia Boyd, author of \u003cem\u003eA Village in the Third Reich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I’ve just closed this book and this is the feeling – I’m standing inside the massive airship, a whale in the air, on its aluminum \"ribs,\" looking far up into the belly as ten-story tall gas bags shift and pulse like creatures in a fable... \u003cstrong\u003eGwynne’s lovely prose hunts and nudges across the page\u003c\/strong\u003e, as the airship hunts the air, revealing \u003cstrong\u003ea grand story\u003c\/strong\u003e, its hubris, its heartbreak.' —Doug Stanton, author of \u003cem\u003eHorse Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Aviation history is nothing less than miraculous; it took a mere sixty-three years, after all, to get from the Wright brothers to Neil Armstrong... With \u003cem\u003eHis Majesty’s Airship\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ethe inimitable Mr. Gwynne explores in vivid detail how this dream bloomed\u003c\/strong\u003e, and how it, in time, fell tragically to earth... \u003cstrong\u003eremarkable\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —Craig Nelson, author of \u003cem\u003ePearl Harbor\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRocket Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eMeticulously researched and vibrantly written.\u003c\/strong\u003e.. an \u003cstrong\u003eimmersive and enlightening\u003c\/strong\u003e account of how hubris and impatience can lead to disaster.' —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eS.C. Gwynne is a consummate storyteller\u003c\/strong\u003e, and his well-documented account of the 1930 crash of a spectacularly large hydrogen-filled British airship is \u003cstrong\u003enot to be missed\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eGwynne meticulously recounts the final flight of the British airship R101\u003c\/strong\u003e and the entire zeppelin era in \u003cstrong\u003ethis engaging history\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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