{"product_id":"his-majestys-airship","title":"His Majesty's Airship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rise and fall of the world’s largest airship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe R101 was the ship of empire, meant to dazzle the world with her technological advancement and immense size. Faster than a plane, more luxurious than an ocean liner, the R101 would connect the furthest reaches of the British Empire. It was, however, not to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe spectacular crash of the British airship R101 in 1930 changed the world of aviation forever. While most people have heard of the fiery crash of the Hindenburg, a German ship that went down in New Jersey seven years later, the story of R101 – whose downfall killed many more people – has been largely forgotten. At the time, however, the outpouring of national grief in Britain was equalled only by what happened after the sinking of the Titanic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHis Majesty’s Airship\u003c\/em\u003e, S. C. Gwynne recounts the epic narrative of the ill-fated airship and her eccentric champion, Christopher Thomson. With characteristic verve, Gwynne paints a luminous portrait of interwar Britain and reanimates the intrepid world of early aviation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45706326311148,"sku":"9780861547081","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780861547081.jpg?v=1725886761","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/his-majestys-airship","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}