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Begins in August 1940 at the start of the Blitz. The mass-formation attacks have started, and the call to action stations - "attack alarms" is a daily occurence. This novel offers an account of that long summer when only a handful of fighter planes could prevent a British defeat.
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"Mr Innes is a marvellous storyteller, probably the best we have got" (Spectator)
"Hammond Innes must be one of the best tellers of the straightforward adventure in a harsh, well-researched setting" (Financial Times)
"Thank goodness for Hammond Innes. He gets better with every book" (The Times)
"The British have always been good at producing adventure story writers. Hammond Innes was exceptional even within an exceptional breed..he was...a romantic adventurer in the style of Rider Haggard, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling" (Guardian)
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"Hammond Innes must be one of the best tellers of the straightforward adventure in a harsh, well-researched setting" (Financial Times)
"Thank goodness for Hammond Innes. He gets better with every book" (The Times)
"The British have always been good at producing adventure story writers. Hammond Innes was exceptional even within an exceptional breed..he was...a romantic adventurer in the style of Rider Haggard, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling" (Guardian)
A thrilling adventure story: the only story of the Battle of Britain written on a gunside under fire.
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0330342347
- ISBN 13 9780330342346
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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