When Phil discovered his wife had an aunt with the extraordinary name of “Gonda”, and that neither she nor her family had ever heard of her, he was surprised. When he tried researching her life, he was baffled. She simply seemed to disappear from the genealogical record after the 1930s. What had happened?
By branching out into diverse sources, Phil was able to paint a picture of an upper-class girl who was presented at court, yet at the same time was an adventurous young woman of character – an early aviatrix, a talented artist and horsewoman, who travelled the world before dying tragically young in an outpost of empire.