| To So Few -The Trial Contributor(s): Parlier, Cap (Author) |
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ISBN: 0943039339 ISBN-13: 9780943039336 Publisher: Saint Gaudens Inc. OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - History | Military - Aviation - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Series: To So Few |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Trial is the fourth book of Cap Parlier's To So Few series of historical novels. Young, American, volunteer pilot Brian Drummond and his British buddy Jonathan Kensington had been with No.609 Squadron for only six months, when the Spitfire fighter squadron moved south to join the foreboding fight. The Trial takes the young pilots of Fighter Command through August and September 1940 - the most intense and conclusive phase of the greatest battle in all of aviation history. Amongst the unrelenting, mind-numbing fatigue of multiple sorties each day and the constant specter of death all around them, Brian and his brethren throw themselves into long odds against the overwhelming numbers, skill and experience of the Luftwaffe. Yet, the young pilots find the means to love and enjoy the pleasures of life amid the trauma of war. Brian becomes an ace and is awarded his first Distinguish Flying Cross at the same ceremony that King George VI awarded the George Cross to Missus Charlotte Palmer - the woman who saved Brian's life from drowning in the large pond at her farm. These are the months of aerial combat that will establish these pilots as legend, to be known for eternity as The Few. |
Contributor Bio(s): Parlier, Cap: - "Cap and his wife, Jeanne, live on the Great Plains of Kansas, along with two dogs and a cat. Their four children have begun their families as well as producing grandchildren - the rewards of long life. Cap is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a retired Marine aviator, a Vietnam veteran and an experimental test pilot. Cap has retired from the corporate world and can now fully indulge his passion for the story. He has numerous other projects completed, but not yet published, and others in development, including screenplays, historical novels and a couple of history books. - Interested readers may wish to visit his website at http: //www.Parlier.com for his essays and other items, or subscribe to his weekly Blog: "Update from the Heartland." Cap can be reached at: Cap@SaintGaudensPress.com." |