First Light: Original Edition (Penguin World War II Collection)

Geoffrey Wellum

ISBN 10: 0141042753 / ISBN 13: 9780141042756

Editore: Penguin 06/08/2009, 2009

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Riassunto:

Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF . . .

Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum finds himself flying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s.

Over the coming months he and his fellow pilots play a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. But of the friends that take to the air alongside Wellum many never return.

Recensione: An extraordinarily deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone (Independent)

A brilliantly fresh, achingly written memoir. Thrilling and frightening on virtually page . . . Wellum takes you into battle with him. A book for all ages and generations, a treasure (Daily Express)

Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war (Max Hastings Sunday Telegraph)

Amazing fresh and immediate . . . absolutely honest, it is an extraordinarily gripping and powerful story (Evening Standard)

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Titolo: First Light: Original Edition (Penguin World...
Casa editrice: Penguin 06/08/2009
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good