{"product_id":"west-with-the-night","title":"West With The Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eWEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942.  It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham --  aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s.  Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four.  As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane.  Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license.  In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping.  When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him.  Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph.  On 4 September, she took off ...Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages | Published September 1984\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986208702813,"sku":"9780860685418","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780860685418.jpg?v=1774497262","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/west-with-the-night","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}