Terence FitzSimons The Unfortunate Endeavours of

The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown: Aeronaut 1827-1870 This is the biography of Charles Henry Brown, whose obsession with aerostation took him from Great Britain to Australia and India. It highlights the problems pioneer aeronauts faced - they often were viewed as no more than providers of novelty entertainment. Browns story also reflects aspects of contemporary Victorian society. Autor: Terence FitzSimons Wydawnictwo: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Rok wydania: 2015 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 237 Wymiary: 15.7 x 23 x 1.8 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9783034319300