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Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fair Stood the Wind for France written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fair Stood the Wind for France written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839741147
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fair Stood the Wind to France written by H. E. Bates and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair Stood the Wind for France, first published in 1944, is author H. E. Bates' fictional account of a downed English bomber-pilot and his crew over occupied France during World War II. The men are taken in by a French family who hide them in their home. However, the pilot, injured during the plane's landing, must remain in France to heal, while his crew begin their journey back to friendly territory. The pilot falls in love with the home-owner's daughter, their relationship grows and eventually they travel together across France, seeking a way back to England. Fair Stood the Wind for France rises above the average romance, however. Set against the horrors of war, it takes on a life-affirming force, enhanced by the simple, yet elegant prose of the author. Bates also excels at evoking a sense of place; much of the story occurs over the course of a hot summer in rural France, and there are many beautiful descriptions of the French countryside as it bakes in the summer heat. In 1980, the book was the subject of a 4-part television mini-series by the BBC.
Author : H. E. Bates
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Breath of French Air written by H. E. Bates and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fair Stood the Wind for France written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ashenden written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-01-01T20:46:22Z with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I W. Somerset Maugham, already by then an established playwright and author, was recruited to be a British intelligence agent. These stories reflect his wartime experiences in intelligence gathering. Though fictionalized, they managed to retain enough authentic elements for Winston Churchill to advise Maugham that their publication might be a violation of the Official Secrets Act, resulting in the author burning an additional 14 stories. Set in various locales across the continent, these remaining Ashenden stories are a precursor to the jet-setting spy novels of the 1950s and 1960s. Maugham is known as a master short story writer and these stories are no exception, combining wit and realism to create memorable characters in a unique and highly critical portrait of wartime espionage. Initially released to a mixed reception—with an early review by D. H. Lawrence being especially scathing—Ashenden has since been credited as an inspiration for numerous authors, including John Le Carré, Graham Greene, and Raymond Chandler. The latter in particular was especially impressed, writing in 1950, “There are no other great spy stories—none at all. I have been searching and I know.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : H.E. Bates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448215293
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wild Cherry Tree written by H.E. Bates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968, The Wild Cherry Tree is a late collection of ten tales including comic vignettes, a humorous celebration of the sensual life, and several explorations of love, loneliness, and problematic relationships. 'The Wild Cherry Tree' sees the wife of a pig-farmer who dresses like a 'shabby, straddling scarecrow' as she tends her pigs by day, but, alone in the evenings, adorns herself in exotic clothes and jewels without leaving the house. That is until one day, when she has to deal with the consequences. 'Same Time, Same Place' follows an impoverished spinster and a lonely bachelor who become friends, but when he drunkenly and clumsily proposes to her she avoids him, denying herself 'the possibility of friendship with a man who genuinely likes her.' 'The First Day of Christmas' observes a man with his lover on a festive evening out, surrounded by fellow drinkers and full of saucy dialogue, who is torn between asking her hand and burying his grief in drink. 'The Black Magnolia' celebrates the sensual life in a farce involving two voluptuous and liberated women and a repressed, tee-total bachelor. The bonus story 'A Waddler' is Bates's first published story, and is a village sketch with colourful dialogue. It follows a man as he deals with the death of his overly critical wife, as he is conversely complimented by a fellow widow on carrying his grief so well.
Author : John Micklewright
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800461275
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Opening Country written by John Micklewright and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this journey of discovery, John Micklewright travels the slow way, on foot, on paths, tracks and byways from the Channel to the Alps – from the coast of Normandy to the flanks of Mont Blanc. The Opening Country is a beautifully written account of his progress through the French countryside, an evocative patchwork of landscape, nature, history, literature, film, and – drawing on his father’s diaries that stretch back to the 1930s – of memoir. Always curious, absorbing all around him, ready on a whim to divert from his chosen route as he heads unhurriedly southwards. The natural world unfolds as spring turns to summer with surprises of bird song and butterflies, against a constant background of reminders of the economic and social story of rural France and of wars past. The result is an engrossing record of a classic long-distance walk through Britain’s nearest continental neighbour. The Opening Country is a book to fire the imagination – a call to travel slowly, to open eyes and ears, to discover and explore.
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fair Stood the Wind for France written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terence Jenkins
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785893181
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe written by Terence Jenkins and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixth of Terence Jenkins' successful series of idiosyncratic books about London and its inhabitants. The retired teacher, journalist and ex-London guide, gives another entertaining and informative collection of bite-sized chunks, which are perfect for a leisurely stroll around the capital. You may discover a London you never knew and meet people who will widen your horizons. Who was the Queen whose funeral was attended by thousands? What was one of the greatest of American crime-writers doing in SE 19? And who was one of Hitler's greatest fears? Read. Explore. Enjoy.
