A Pair of Silver Wings by James Holland
'Brings history to life' Guardian ______________ It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war. Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot. But fifty years after the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, he must finally confront the memories he has tried so hard to forget. From the bright skies over England in 1941, through the dark days of the Siege of Malta, to a bitter partisan struggle in Italy, his takes a momentous journey that will change him forever. And despite the damage the war has wrought, Edward has one last chance to save himself from his past…James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552176743 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552176745 |
| Title | A Pair of Silver Wings |
| Author | James Holland |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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