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Blue Man Falling

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#254245
Titel	Blue Man Falling
Auteur	Barnard, Frank
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Headline Review
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	0755325532
ISBN13	9780755325535
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In September 1939, World War Two is declared and Europe holds its breath. When will the Third Reich strike west across France and the Low Countries? For RAF fighter pilots patrolling the Franco-German border it is a bizarre time: one moment they are chasing an elusive Luftwaffe, the next ordering champagne in Paris. Then, in May 1940, Hitler launches Blitzkrieg and the Hurricane squadrons find themselves engulfed in battle. From the cockpit of a Hurricane fighter plane to the louche salons of Parisian society, Blue Man Falling follows the fortunes of two RAF pilots, an Englishman, Kit Curtis, and an American, Ossie Wolf, during the Battle of France 1939-40. Capturing the startling contradictions of a time when people were at their best and their worst, it brings to life the exhilaration ... (Lees verder)and fear of aerial warfare with astonishing power and narrative skill. Above all, it lays bare the meaning of war, and the selflessness of those prepared to fight until the end.
Pagina's	376
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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