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21%OFFV.M. Yeates - Winged Victory - 9781904010654 - V9781904010654
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Winged Victory

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Description for Winged Victory Paperback. There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based largely on the author's experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement - all are built into a vigorous and authentic structure by one of the pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 612.
There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based largely on the author's experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement - all are built into a vigorous and authentic structure by one of the pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps.

Product Details

Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
601g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904010654
SKU
V9781904010654
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Ref
99-2

About V.M. Yeates
Yeates was born at Dulwich, and educated at Colfe's School where according to Henry Williamson he used to read Keats under the desk during Maths, explored woods, fields and ponds and kept a tame tawny owl/ Yeates joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in 1916 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) in ... Read more

Reviews for Winged Victory
'Beautifully written with a poet's eye as well as a pilot's eye.' Southern Evening Echo; 'The only book about flying that isn't flannel.' Anonymous Fighter Pilot, 1941; 'Not only one of the best war books...but as a transcription of reality, faithful and sustained in its author's purpose of re-creating the past life he knew, it is unique.' Henry Williamson, author ... Read more

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