Clouds of Love and War
$24.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2020
Summary
Occasionally panoramic, more often intimate, in Clouds of Love and War author Rachel Billington balances a detailed and highly researched picture of the life of a Second World War Spitfire pilot with the travails and ambitions of a young woman too often on her own. The result is both a gripping story of war and a sensitive story of love, a love that struggles to survive.
Eddie and Eva meet on the eve of the Second World War. Eddie only wants to be a flyer, to find escape in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913491130 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913491137 |
| Author: | Rachel Billington |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 502g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Astonishingly engaging… . This book shows an acute understanding of the contradictions which most people felt a lot of the time in this uniquely inclusive conflict… . [A] wonderful book of love and war.” * Northern Reader *
Rachel Billington
Rachel Billington has written over thirty books. In 2012 she was awarded an OBE for Services to Literature. Her most recent books were the historical novels, Maria and the Admiral and Glory: A Story of Gallipoli. As a journalist, columnist and reviewer, she has contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the New York Times, The Spectator and The Oldie. She is Associate Editor and contributor to Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners. She is a trustee of the Longford Trust and the Tablet magazine. She was President of English PEN from 1998-2001. Rachel is married with four children and five grandchildren and lives with her husband in London and the oldest continuously inhabited house in Dorset.
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