WW1 historical fiction based on a true story

The Woman on the Bonnet

You have seen her ten thousand times. You have never once known her name.

The woman behind the Spirit of Ecstasy. A real life hidden inside a famous machine. Historical fiction based on a true story of Eleanor Velasco Thornton, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, and the P&O liner Persia.

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First Lady of Corvette

Expected September 2026. The same author, the same kind of story. Elfi Arkus-Duntov and the making of a machine. Retailer links when that title is live. Notes from that record are on the Corvette blog.

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The Woman on the Bonnet is WW1 historical fiction and historical fiction based on a true story. It is a shipwreck novel based on a true story of Eleanor Velasco Thornton, the woman behind the flying lady, and of the Spirit of Ecstasy Rolls-Royce. The novel follows Edwardian England forbidden love, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Charles Sykes, The Whisper, the P&O liner Persia and the SS Persia.