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Dec 07, 2010 | ISBN 9780307474148 Buy
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Dec 07, 2010 | ISBN 9780307474148
World War II pilot Peter Marshall leads the most successful bombing crew at his airbase, having survived an unusual number of extremely dangerous missions over Germany. However, when Peter falls hopelessly in love with an attractive WAAF officer—one who insists that wartime duties should take precedence over emotions—his concentration begins to suffer. Soon it looks as though his perfect run of successful missions may be at risk—along with the lives of Peter and his men—unless she can be persuaded to relent.
Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 in Ealing, London. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. In… More about Nevil Shute
“One of the happiest books which war has called into being.” —Sunday Times (London) “A first-class love story. . . . Shute tells it superbly well. The tenseness and tenderness is heightened by two breathless descriptions of raids over Germany.” —John Betjeman
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