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The Complete Flying Officer X Stories

Autor H. E. Bates
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iun 2018
At thirty-four, H.E. Bates was deemed too old for active service in WWII. But as a successful author, was commissioned by the nascent RAP Public Relations unit to publicise the bravery of the fighter pilots. Bates was posted to Oakington and Tangmere air bases where, over drinks with the pilots, he gathered their stories and wrote them as Flying Officer X.The stories convey the pilots' personal qualities and the forces that motivated them. They blend the action and suspense of aerial battles, the tragedy of friendships cut off too soon, and life enduring against all odds.Collected into one volume for the first time, along with five previously unpublished stories from the era, this is a remarkable collection.Includes an introduction by Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781448217366
ISBN-10: 1448217369
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Reader
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

H. E. Bates was born in 1905 in the shoe-making town of Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and as a clerk in a leather warehouse. His most popular creation was the Larkin family which featured in five novels beginning with The Darling Buds of May in 1958. The later television adaptation was a huge success. He was awarded a CBE in 1973, shortly before his death in 1974.

Cuprins

A Note from the FamilyForeword by Patrick BishopIt's Never in the PapersThere's No Future in ItThe Young Man from KalgoorlieIt's Just the Way It IsThe Sun Rises TwiceNo Trouble at AllA Personal WarK for KittyThe Greatest People in the WorldMacIntyre's Magna ChartaThe Beginning of ThingsLi TaleThe DisinheritedSorry, No SaccharineSergeant CarmichaelO'Callaghan's GirlYours Is the EarthMorning VictoryFree Choice, Free WorldHere We Go AgainThere's Something in the AirHow Sleep the BraveCroix de GuerreAdditional StoriesFishersHappy Christmas NastashyaThe BellFrom This Time ForwardThe Three Thousand and One Hours of Sergeant KostekGlossary of R.A.F. SlangA Note on the Author

Recenzii

A picture of the bomber pilot as near to the truth as we on the outside are likely to get
No other book on the British flier-or any other flier for that matter-has the sharp, authentic note Flying Officer Bates has written into his work . If there were decorations for this sort of thing, H. E. Bates would have the highest
His material is, of course, magnificent, and he makes very moving use of it