| Sagittarius Rising Contributor(s): Lewis, Cecil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848325193 ISBN-13: 9781848325197 Publisher: Frontline Books OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010291743 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Classic . . . the definitive account of aerial combat - full of passion and poetry' - Max Arthur, Independent 'Magical evocation of the lonely battle fought in the clouds' - The Daily Telegraph '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 Shaw Sent 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 defense of London against deadly night time raids. |