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Praise for David Rooney: 'About Time is abundantly clever, with myriad fascinations on every page' * Simon Winchester, New York Times * 'Fascinating ... it’s to Rooney’s credit that although he clearly knows a colossal amount about clocks, he wears his learning very lightly' * Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times * 'An utterly dazzling book' * Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps * 'A fascinating volume on what clocks say both to us and about us ... full of riches ... a valuable intellectual journey at a moment ripe for contemplation' * Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal * 'Startlingly original' * Literary Review *

'One of the most astonishing moments in aviation history finally gets its due in The Big Hop, a vivid and utterly compelling account of the 1919 contest to cross the Atlantic by plane. David Rooney is an expert storyteller with a big heart, capturing not only the perils faced by the intrepid airmen who attempted the flight, but also their humanity' * John Lancaster, author of The Great Air Race * Praise for David Rooney: 'About Time is abundantly clever, with myriad fascinations on every page' * Simon Winchester, New York Times * 'Fascinating ... it’s to Rooney’s credit that although he clearly knows a colossal amount about clocks, he wears his learning very lightly' * Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times * 'An utterly dazzling book' * Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps * 'A fascinating volume on what clocks say both to us and about us ... full of riches ... a valuable intellectual journey at a moment ripe for contemplation' * Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal * 'Startlingly original' * Literary Review * ‘The Big Hop is a fabulous book. It works on every level, balancing technological know-how with superb characterisation. A gripping read.’ * Jacky Hyams, author of Hurricane *

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David Rooney is a historian and museum curator. Born in north-east England, he moved to London in 1995 to take a traineeship at the Science Museum, where he first encountered the aeroplane that completed the Big Hop in 1919. Over an almost thirty-year career, David has curated timekeeping, transport and engineering collections at institutions from the National Maritime Museum to the Science Museum, bringing historical stories vividly alive. He is the author of About Time- A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks (2021), which has been translated into eleven languages. About The Big Hop, David says- 'It is 30 years since I first walked beneath the canvas wings of an ungainly biplane and wondered what must have possessed two young men to fly it across the Atlantic. Writing this book is my way of paying tribute to the pioneers of aviation - men and women from all walks of life - who risked everything- for freedom, for progress, and for us.'

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