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Lady Icarus: Balloonmania and the Brief, Bold Life of Sophie Blanchard

Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the streets of Paris in 1819. But first, Blanchard made nearly 70 spectacular flights, survived a revolution, and become a court favorite of the emperor Napoleon (who gave her the title, "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals") and later of the King of France.

Set against the backdrop of the history of flight, watch as Balloonmania — a phenomenon that riveted all of Europe — took hold and inspired a great many artists authors, and dreamers. This lively scrapbook-style biography with more than fifty black-and-white photos throughout, introduces a frightened, nervous girl who became a fearless legend in the skies, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France.

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"Recounting both the highs of Blanchard’s life — joy in flying solo, and appointment as 'Aeronaut of the Official Festivals' by Napoléon — and the lows, including her mentor-husband’s death and her own fiery final flight, Noyes dramatically relays information in dialogue-studded text. Inset boxes provide historical, social, and political context, such as natural phenomena and the concepts behind air ballooning. Noyes adopts a dramatic tone to relay a well-rounded portrayal of one of the earliest female fliers, against the absorbing, painstakingly sketched background of the period’s balloonmania." — Publishers Weekly

Product Details

Recommended Age 8 - 12
Author Deborah Noyes
ISBN 0593122038
Publication Date Mar 8, 2022
Publisher Random House Studio
Language English