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The Aerialists by Katie Munnik

A rich historical novel based on the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl whose demise – tumbling 8,000 feet into the Bristol Channel – captured the imagination of the city…

By Unseen Histories

March 16^th, 2022

Footnotes With thanks to Amy Winchester & HarperCollins UK and Ann Bissell & The Borough Press. Author photograph © Marie Palbom Photography.

© 2025 Unseen Histories

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