Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Aerialists, The
Aerialists, The
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Nofel am arloeswyr cyntaf y gamp o hedfan mewn balŵn. Seiliwyd y stori ar hanes gwir Louisa Maud Evans a syrthiodd i Fôr Hafren wrth geisio hedfan mewn balŵn o Gaerdydd ym mis Gorffennaf 1896.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
New historical fiction from the USA Today Bestseller. The story about the pioneers of aeronautics is based on the true and tragic story of Louisa Maud Evans who fell into the Bristol Channel while attempting to fly in a balloon from Cardiff in July 1896.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780008473198
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780008473198
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Aerialists, The
- Awdur / Author
- Munnik, Katie
- Current Price ex VAT
- £14.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £14.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2022-04-14
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 384 pages
- Size
- 159 × 227 mm; depth 34 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Nofelau a Storïau ar Gyfer Oedolion (yn Saesneg) | EN: Adult Fiction and Stories (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Ffuglen Lenyddol a Chyffredinol (yn Saesneg) | EN: General and Literary Fiction (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
KATIE MUNNIK is a Canadian writer living in Cardiff. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Canada, and her first novel, The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today bestseller. The Aerialists is her second novel.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Paris, 1891 Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly. Cardiff, 1896 The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a daring show of balloon ascents and parachute descents. Then late one night, a young girl, Grace, knocks on the Gaudrons’ door. She is desperate to fly, whatever the cost. As Grace’s dreams begin to take wing, can Laura be the one to keep her grounded? Or will both girls risk it all for one dazzling moment of flight? ‘A heady and stylish read that had me swept away from the first page. Munnik has captured a fascinating world of daring with both beauty and heart’ MAHSUDA SNAITH ‘Vivid and meticulous, Katie Munnik’s The Aerialists captures the tangled desires of people living on the thin air of their own daring – a glorious vision of a time, a place, a welter of human manipulations and hopes, and ultimately, their tragic effects. A really fine read’ JOAN BARFOOT
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