‘Circling the Sun,’ by Paula McLain (with references to ‘West with the Night,’ by Beryl Markham)
Post Date: October 24, 2015
The opening chapter of McLain’s fictionalised version of the unconventional life and loves of the pioneering aviator and racehorse trainer, Beryl Markham, epitomises the sense of impending doom that dogged Markham all her life. In 1936, attempting to be the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic from East to West, she struggles[…]