A riveting novel of friendship, adventure and love against the odds, set in the early days of flight in Prohibition-era America. Abe Rockwell and Willard T. Thornton are famous fighter pilots together in World War I. Willard returns to a hero's welcome in America and launches a film career. Abe just wants to fly -- and he has no rich family to support him. When he crash lands in small-town Georgia, the locals recognise Abe and appeal to him for help. Alcohol-smuggling gangsters are trying to oust them from their own homes. But Abe can't see that his one patched-up aircraft can make much difference. Slowly, a plan forms and Abe needs help himself. Enter another tremendously skilled pilot -- but it's a woman. Abe doesn't want to take her on, but she's the best there is and brave with it. Neither of them can predict exactly what they've let themselves in for. Willard, meanwhile, forsakes films for banking and rises fast -- only to uncover some very dodgy business at the core of the company. He'd like to turn a blind eye but eventually he's in so deep that he can't. The firm is under serious threat, from a devious and resourceful attacker. Which is when Willard realises who it must be, and how he's going to have to team up with someone he'd always overlooked.
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'Expertly crafted' The Times 'You can tell when an author's truly talented. Harry Bingham's writing has guts and he has the killer instinct for a good story that keeps you reading. ! I hope this novel gets the success it deserves. !The quality of the writing and research is exceptional' Nick Bloom, Pilot magazine THE SONS OF ADAM 'Terrific' Bookseller 'A sweeping tale, destined to make a star of its author' Lisa Milton THE MONEY MAKERS 'Compulsively readable and absolutely un-put-downable' Amazon.co.uk 'A fast-moving story of greed and redemption' Daily Telegraph
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Harry Bingham was born in England in 1967. After graduating from Oxford University, he worked as an investment banker for ten years, before giving it up to care for his diabled wife and to write his first book. Harry Bingham lives near Oxford with his wife and an increasing number of dogs. He now writes full time.
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Glory! Glory! Harry Bingham!,
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Harry Bingham's fourth novel maintains the high quality set by his masterpiece The Money Makers, Sweet Talking Money and The Sons of Adam. Like The Sons of Adam, Glory Boys is a period piece set in the early era of aviation, the World War has just finished and prohibition is still strong in the US. The Glory Boys of aviation fresh from the war now have to make another living. Willard Thornton laps up his hero status and sets to extend his five minutes of fame with a movie career. Only problem is he is not a very good actor and soon becomes massively in debt and has to work for the company his loan is with to pay it back. Captain Abraham Rockwell has no dreams to become wealthy and is only interested in flying but a mechanical failure has him crash landing in Independence, Georgia where he is worshiped and treated as possible saviour of the town from the booze runners of Marion the town to the south.
Glory Boys is a very enjoyable read. I am definitely not usually into period pieces but the quality of Bingham's previous work meant I couldn't pass this up. I wasn't disappointed and like all Bingham novels you learn a hell of a lot as well. If you haven't read his masterpiece The Moneymakers definitely check it out!
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