When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind - the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. It is a stroke of unbelievable luck when the family of a French farmer risk their lives to offer the airmen protection. During the hot summer weeks that follow, the English officer and the daughter of the house are drawn inexorably to each other...
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Herbert Ernest Bates (1905-1974), worked as a journalist and clerk on a local newspaper before publishing his first book, The Two Sisters. His most famous work of fiction is the bestselling Fair Stood the Wind for France (1944). Other well known novels include Purple Plain (1947), Jacaranda Tree (1949), Scarlet Sword (1950), and Love for Lydia (1952). The Darling Buds of May, the first of the popular Larkin family novels, was followed by A Breath of French Air (1959), When the Green Woods Laugh (1960), Oh, To Be in England! (1963) and A Little of What You Fancy (1970). His last works included the novel The Triple Echo (1971) and a collection of short stories, The Song of the Wren (1972).
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Beauty In The Moment,
By Nick Warne (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fair Stood the Wind for France (Audio Cassette)
Not many books change your life. HE Bates had a magical ability to evoke scenes of beauty and peace. In this novel, against a background of violence and fear. When I first read 'Fair Stood The Wind For France' as a schoolboy, I was attracted by the story of the heroic RAF bomber pilot shot down behind enemy lines in France, and his efforts to escape back to England. As I read it I realised that war was not heroic and glamorous, but filled with fear and disfigurement. Hardly an unique epiphany to be sure! But what brought it home to my fifteen year-old mind was Bates' simple illustration of his hero contemplating his inability ever again to open a bottle of wine and pour a glass. A banal task whose infinitesimal pleasure is usually lost against the noise of our lives. Bates brings home the happiness we can glean from the everyday, through his ability to conjure beauty from the mundane. Read this book for the beauty that Bates can evoke. Read it again to learn the value of a moment.
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Bates, HE,
By Copper Miner "goldminer" (Uruguay) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fair Stood The Wind For France (Paperback)
Bates write so well, i am starting a project to read everything he has written
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A Timeless Love Story,
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This review is from: Fair Stood The Wind For France (Hardcover)
This novel presents the first-person narrative of a WWII RAF bomber pilot downed in occupied France. Bates unfolds the mans inner emotions while unfolding the story of pain, fear and then love. Warm and satisfying.
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