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A new edition of Cecil Lewis's 1944 aviation classic. Over the
course of a single night in 1942, the crew members of a Wellington
bomber reflect on the paths of their own lives as they embark on a
fateful mission deep in the heart of Nazi Germany. Based on his own
experience as a World War I fighter ace, Cecil Lewis's stunning
novel examines the life of each man, rendering a moving account of
each as not merely a nameless crew member, but as an individual
with a life lived: "A life precious to some, or one. . . . These
men with dreams and hopes and plans of things to come." This new
edition of the 1944 classic includes a new introduction from an
Imperial War Museums historian that puts the novel in historical
context and shines a light on this vital and sometimes contested
aspect of Britain's involvement in World War II.
'This is a book everyone should read. It is the autobiography of an
ace, and no common ace either. The boy had all the noble tastes and
qualities, love of beauty, soaring imagination, a brilliant
endowment of good looks ...this prince of pilots ...had a charmed
life in every sense of the word' - George Bernard ShawSent to
France with the Royal Flying Corps at just seventeen, and later a
member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious
and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by
Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of
a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively
sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience
of the horrors of war, as we follow his progress from France and
the battlefields of the Somme, to his pioneering defence of London
against deadly night time raids.
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
1928. Raynal's three act play exposing the futility of The First
World War through the eyes of a soldier. The play features three
characters; a French soldier, the father and Aude, a girl of
twenty.
1928. Raynal's three act play exposing the futility of The First
World War through the eyes of a soldier. The play features three
characters; a French soldier, the father and Aude, a girl of
twenty.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
1928. Raynal's three act play exposing the futility of The First
World War through the eyes of a soldier. The play features three
characters; a French soldier, the father and Aude, a girl of
twenty.
A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of
"War Horse" and the charm of "The Little Prince"
A singular, lyrical book, "Sagittarius Rising" is at once an
exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of
the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his
way into the British Army's Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and
was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later.
At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn't even decided
on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have.
Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine
plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to
dogfight the Red Baron--and live to tell the tale. Full of
infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel,
"Sagittarius Rising" beautifully recounts Lewis's harrowing
exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and
chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is
unlike any other WWI memoir you've read before.
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