The Air Pirate - Thorne, Guy

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Résumé :
A brisk pulse of danger beats through the skies of a bygone empire. The Air Pirate invites you to soar into a Victorian cradle of invention, intrigue, and audacious cunning. This is more than a novel of adventure...

Biographie:
Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull, who was an English writer and author who lived from 1875 to 1923 and wrote many books. His most famous work is When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great Conspiracy (1903). He wrote as Leonard Cresswell Ingleby and C. Ranger Gull as well. Thorne went to Denstone College, Manchester Grammar, and Oxford University, but he didn't finish his education there. From 1897 to 1898, he worked as a writer for the Saturday Review. He also wrote for The Bookman and The Academy. In 1899, he was editor of London Life. After that, he worked for the Daily Mail and then the Daily Express. He also wrote for Society, a news magazine. His first book, The Hypocrite: A Novel of Oxford and London Life, came out in 1898 under an assumed name. Starting in 1900, he wrote fiction, and over the next few decades, he wrote about 125 books. When It Was Dark was the most well-known and sold 500,000 copies. The book tells the story of Constantine Schaube, a traitorous Jew who tried to take down all of Christianity by falsely denying the Resurrection....

Sommaire:
it is a careful weaving of vintage adventure novel energy with early aviation fiction, set against a british period backdrop where imperial ambitions, technology, and crime collide. In Guy Thorne's hands, every ascent becomes a drama of progress and peril, where aerial piracy menace and clever minds grapple with a rapidly changing world. The tale speaks to classic fiction readers and new explorers alike, offering a compact yet expansive journey that rewards both page-turning suspense and thoughtful reflection on progress, power and responsibility. For schools, libraries, and classroom discussions, the implications echo long after the final page. Alpha Editions restores this jewel for today's audiences and for future generations, preserving the flavour of a victorian era setting while honouring the author's intent. This is not merely a reprint but a collectors edition and a complete illustrated edition in spirit, a cultural treasure that honours the craft, the era, and the enduring appeal of a great British author. A book to savour, study, and pass along to fellow lovers of classic fiction and timeless adventure....