Day: <span>November 7, 2012</span>

After reading Chapter 1 of A Distant Prospect, perhaps you’d like to hear the cello piece which Lucy played, as the rain thundered down outside after her eventful first day. Here’s Pablo Casals recorded in London in 1936 (with surface noise standing in for the rain): J.S. Bach Prelude from […]

J.S. Bach Prelude from Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, ...

November 7, 2012 in Bach / Cello / Lucy Straughan / Music by francis

In A Distant Prospect, several characters travel out to Mascot airfield to watch Bert Hinkler arrive after his record-breaking flight. Here you can listen to Australian aviator Bert Hinkler recounting the incidents of his solo flight from England to Australia in February 1928. Recorded at Homebush, Sydney, Australia, in March […]

Bert Hinkler – Incidents of my England to Sydney Flight ...

November 7, 2012 in Aviators / Bert Hinkler tagged Bert Hinkler by francis

Thank you all for the pre-orders! So far we have recovered 10% of the expensive first printing costs through early sales. This also means we are on track to sell out the first printing by Christmas (and break even, so we can finance the second printing!). Bookstore owners are also […]

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November 7, 2012 in Book production by francis

A Distant Prospect – ISBN 9780987435101

A Distant Prospect – ISBN 9780987435101

Daily Archives: November 7, 2012

J.S. Bach Prelude from Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, ...

Bert Hinkler – Incidents of my England to Sydney Flight ...

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