A Pair of Silver Wings by James Holland

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9780552176743
Published:
04 Apr 2019
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
416 pages
Dimensions:
197x127x26mm
Weight:
0.288kgs
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At the school where Edward Enderby taught for over 40 years, there were few who knew he'd been a successful fighter pilot during the war. In 1995, Britain is celebrating the anniversary of the end of the war, and Edward finds himself forced to confront the tragedy he suffered during those years.

'Brings history to life' Guardian
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It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war.

Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot. But fifty years after the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, he must finally confront the memories he has tried so hard to forget.

From the bright skies over England in 1941, through the dark days of the Siege of Malta, to a bitter partisan struggle in Italy, his takes a momentous journey that will change him forever.

And despite the damage the war has wrought, Edward has one last chance to save himself from his past…

About the Author: James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels. With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.

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