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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Glory Girl
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'London, 1927. The jazz age. Aviators seek to conquer new frontiers in the sky.

'Former wartime ace James Harrington has his sights set on being the first person to fly from Britain to Australia in a light aircraft. With so much desert and ocean to cross, he's been told it can't be done.

Feisty Australian Sarah Carson can help make his dream a reality, but only on the condition that he takes her with him. So begins the flying adventure of a lifetime, until halfway across the world, the plane disappears...

Reporting on it all back home is Sarah's boyfriend, Fleet Street aviation correspondent Daniel Anderson, whose job it is to uncover the truth. Where in the world are they? And what is really going on?

From Australia's master of the historical blockbuster comes this highly entertaining adventure-romance about an ambitious and heroic pair. Glory Girl is an unforgettable story about the risks they take and the sacrifices they make for their chance of glory.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Author's note: This is a novel blending fact and fiction. My sincere thanks to Paul Davies who introduced me to this remarkable story.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Michael Joseph , 2010 .
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      Extent: 383p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2010
      ISBN: 9781921518515 (pbk.)
    • Manly Vale, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: For Pity Sake Publishing , 2015 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Note/s:
      • Published : May 2015

      ISBN: 9780992521899

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

[Review] Glory Girl Kate Summers , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 32)

— Review of Glory Girl Peter Yeldham , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Glory Girl Kate Summers , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 32)

— Review of Glory Girl Peter Yeldham , 2010 single work novel
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    England,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1927
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