Falling Upwards :

Inspiration for the Major

Motion Picture the
Aeronauts
 By
Richard Holmes
HarperCollins Publishers
 NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE
REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION

From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air
to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes
to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists.

Falling Upwards asks why they risked their lives, and how their
flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from
early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American
entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian
siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew
seven miles above the earth - without oxygen.
 Falling Upwards has inspired the Major Motion Picture The
Aeronauts - in cinemas SOON.

In a glorious fusion of history, art, science and biography, this is a

book about what balloons give rise to: the spirit of discovery, and
the brilliant humanity of recklessness, vision and hope.

HarperCollins Publishers

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