THE SENSATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Women's Prize for
FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeAmazon Book of the YearTime Magazine Book of the
YearWaterstones fiction Book of the Month ______________ 'A GRIPPING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE'
STYLIST 'SO BEAUTIFUL SO DARING SO COMPLETE' TAYLOR JENKINS REID 'A MASTERPIECE' NIGELLA
LAWSON EXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES 'WONDERFUL' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE
_______________________ A soaring breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the
astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who
plays her on screen. Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger. From her days as
a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London she is determined
to live an independent life. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most. Having
become one of the most fearless pilots in her time she sets out to do what no one has done
before: to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole. But shortly before completing the
journey her plane disappears lost to history. Over half a century later troubled film star
Hadley Baxter is offered to play Marian in the comeback role of a lifetime. From the first
pages of the script Hadley is drawn inexorably to the female pilot. It is a role that will
lead her to an unexpected discovery throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the
unknowable Marian Graves. _______________________ WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH JUNE
2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021A
ROYAL READING ROOM PICK 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2022TIME MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE
YEAR 2021NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER MAY 2021TIMES BESTSELLER JUNE 2022 _______________________
'Full of adventure passion and tragedy' THE TIMES 'Soars from the very first page' SUNDAY
EXPRESS 'Luminous masterful. Glides seamlessly through the 20th century' TELEGRAPH Best
Fiction of 2021 'Breathtaking' OBSERVER 'Truly exceptional storytelling combining a sweeping
arc of history with writing that at sentence level is near-flawless.' THE BOOKSELLER 'A
tour-de-force' DAILY EXPRESS 'Impressive and gripping' SUNDAY TIMES 'Surprising and moving at
every turn' GUARDIAN 'Audacious and Immersive' DAILY MAIL 'Accomplished and ambitious'
FINANCIAL TIMES Readers love GREAT CIRCLE: ***** What a read! Immense story with beautifully
created characters ***** The story is so well researched and planned historical fiction
standing side by side with history itself ***** This is a stunning achievement my perspective
feels fundamentally transformed through reading it ***** A wonderful saga covering a large
chunk of the twentieth century
