How Sleep the Brave

Complete Stories of Flying Officer 'X'

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H.E. Bates

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Paperback / softback

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First published under the pseudonym of Flying Officer X, H. E. Bates's heroic stories of the exploits of British pilots during the Second World War created a sensation when they appeared in 1942, selling over two million copies all over the world. While writing these stories, Bates lived among the often painfully young bomber crews and recorded their lives both in combat and on the ground, with a poignancy that deeply moved the generation that lived through the war. The tales, in this one-volume edition, are immensely readable as an account of the R.A.F. in war time, reflecting Bates's mastery both of the art of description and of storytelling.

Author Biography:

H. E. Bates was born in Northamptonshire in 1905. He published his first novel, The Two Sisters, when he was twenty, and for the next decade built up a reputation as a writer of great versatility. During the Second World War Bates was commissioned by the RAF as a short story writer, where he wrote the acclaimed How Sleep the Brave and The Greatest People in the World. His most popular creation was the effervescent Larkin family about whom he wrote five novels including The Darling Buds of May and A Little of What You Fancy. In 1973 H. E. Bates was awarded the C.B.E. He died in 1974.

Release date Australia

October 3rd, 2002

Author

H.E. Bates

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

208

Dimensions

129x198x13

ISBN-13

9780099442035

Product ID

2594394

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