A Flight of Chariots

1963 novel by Jon Cleary

A Flight of Chariots

First US edition

Author| Jon Cleary
Language| English
Publisher| Collins (UK)
William Morrow (US)

Publication date

| 1963
Publication place| Australia

A Flight of Chariots is a 1963 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary.[1]

## Synopsis

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The novel follows two friends who fly planes during the Berlin Airlift and Korean War then become involved in the space program.[2]

## Critical reception

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Andrew Leslie, writing in The Guardian, noted: "There is nothing tortuous or particularly subtle about A Flight of Chariots..By the end mr Cleary has succeeded in his object of showing that a recognisable human being is up there in orbit. No especially new insights of thought or feeling have been opened up; but the familiar view has been professionally rendered."[3]

## References

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1. ^ "A Flight of Chariots by Jon Cleary". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
2. ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
3. ^ ""Crossing a frontier"". The Guardian, 21 February 1964.. ProQuest 184861973. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

## External links

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* A Flight of Chariots at AustLit (subscription required)

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Works by Jon Cleary

Novels|

| 1940s|

* These Small Glories (1946) (short stories)
* You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947)
* The Long Shadow (1949)

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1950s|

* Just Let Me Be (1950)
* The Sundowners (1952)
* The Climate of Courage (1954)
* Justin Bayard (1955)
* The Green Helmet (1957)
* Back of Sunset (1959)
* Strike Me Lucky (1959)

1960s|

* North from Thursday (1960)
* The Country of Marriage (1962)
* Forests of the Night (1963)
* A Flight of Chariots (1963)
* The Fall of an Eagle (1965)
* The High Commissioner (1966)
* The Pulse of Danger (1966)
* The Long Pursuit (1967)
* Season of Doubt (1968)
* Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)

1970s|

* Helga's Web (1970)
* Mask of the Andes (1971)
* Man's Estate (1972)
* Ransom (1973)
* Peter's Pence (1974)
* The Safe House (1975)
* A Sound of Lightning (1976)
* High Road to China (1977)
* Vortex (1978)
* The Beaufort Sisters (1979)

1980s|

* A Very Private War (1980)
* The Faraway Drums (1981)
* The Golden Sabre (1981)
* Spearfield's Daughter (1982)
* The Phoenix Tree (1984)
* The City of Fading Light (1985)
* Dragons at the Party (1987)
* Now and Then, Amen (1988)
* Babylon South (1989)

1990s|

* You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be)
* Murder Song (1990)
* Pride's Harvest (1991)
* Dark Summer (1992)
* Bleak Spring (1993)
* Autumn Maze (1994)
* Winter Chill (1995)
* Endpeace (1996)
* A Different Turf (1997)
* Five Ring Circus (1998)
* Dilemma (1999)

2000s|

* Bear Pit (2000)
* Yesterday's Shadow (2001)
* The Easy Sin (2002)
* Degrees of Connection (2003)
* Miss Ambar Regrets (2004)
* Morning's Gone (2006)
* Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films|

* Dust in the Sun (1958)
* The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
* The Sundowners (1960)
* The Green Helmet (1961)
* Damon and Pythias (1962)
* The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
* Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
* You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
* Sidecar Racers (1975)
* Scobie Malone (1975)
* High Road to China (1983)

TV|

* Knife in the Family (1957)
* Bus Stop (1961) (2 eps)
* You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
* Spearfield's Daughter (1986)

Radio|

* Safe Horizon (1945)
* The Sundowners (1953)
* The Climate of Courage (1956)

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