{"title":"Beryl Markham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeryl Markham's\u003c\/strong\u003e writings capture the spirit of daring exploration and heartfelt reflection, inviting readers into vivid landscapes where adventure and memoir intertwine. Her narratives offer intimate glimpses of life on the edge, blending personal experience with evocative storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003ebiography and travel\u003c\/em\u003e, her books transport readers across both geographical and emotional terrain, making each journey as much about self-discovery as it is about the external world. Expect prose that is both lyrical and unflinchingly honest.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"west-with-the-night-by-beryl-markham-9780860685418","title":"West With The Night","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 18, Beryl Markham, then Clutterbuck, was the first woman in Africa to be granted a racehorse trainer's licence; she was still active as a trainer until her death in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe took up flying in 1931, inventing big game hunting by air, and in September 1936 she made world headlines by becoming the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWest With The Night\u003c\/em\u003e, her only book, was first published in 1942 and reveals her life as an innovator and adventurer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072393986284,"sku":"9780860685418","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11693923482494.jpg?v=1765101636"},{"product_id":"west-with-the-night-by-beryl-markham-9780865477636","title":"West with the Night","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeryl Markham's \u003ci\u003eWest with the Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Isak Dinesen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf the first responsibility of a memoirist is to lead a life worth writing about, Markham succeeded beyond all measure. Born Beryl Clutterbuck in the middle of England, she and her father moved to Kenya when she was a girl. She grew up with a zebra for a pet; horses for friends; baboons, lions, and gazelles for neighbours. She made money by scouting elephants from a tiny plane. She would spend most of the rest of her life in East Africa as an adventurer, a racehorse trainer, and an aviatrix—she became the first person to fly nonstop from Europe to America, the first woman to fly solo east to west across the Atlantic. Hers was indisputably a life full of adventure and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there is the writing. When Hemingway read Markham's book, he wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins: \"She has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer... [She] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers... It is really a bloody wonderful book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Sara Wheeler—one of Markham's few legitimate literary heirs—\u003ci\u003eWest with the Night\u003c\/i\u003e should once again take its place as one of the world's great adventure stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643471118572,"sku":"9780865477636","price":54.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fc8883986ba8df4d0b81b31d7a0de5ca.jpg?v=1779226486"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/beryl-markham.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}