Airborne

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Pub Date 10 Aug 2017 | Archive Date 12 Jun 2017

Description

'Fascinating and convincing' THE TIMES.

17 September 1944:

The Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36,000 troops by parachute and glider to the Dutch-German Border. In what will become known as the Battle of Arnhem, half of them will fall as casualties of war. Among their number is Theo Trickey, a young paratrooper so dreadfully injured he is not expected to survive.

Under the care of Medical Officer Captain Daniel Garland, Trickey is shipped to Germany as a Prisoner of War. As Garland slowly nurses him back to health, he discovers that there's much that is unusual about Trickey, starting with a chance meeting he had with Erwin Rommel before the War...

From the bestselling author of Under an English Heaven, Airborne is the first in an unforgettable trilogy that tells the story of a young soldier, of a new regiment and how, together, they altered the course of a war.

'Fascinating and convincing' THE TIMES.

17 September 1944:

The Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36,000 troops by parachute and glider to the Dutch-German...


Advance Praise

"Radcliffe writes with knowledge and skill... [a] fascinating and convincing novel" THE TIMES

"Fantasic." KATE ATKINSON .   

"Enthralling." DAILY MAIL

"A born storyteller." SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

"The mixture of fiction and fact provides a good look at real events…well written and readable" SOLDIER MAGAZINE

"Radcliffe writes with knowledge and skill... [a] fascinating and convincing novel" THE TIMES

"Fantasic." KATE ATKINSON .   

"Enthralling." DAILY MAIL

"A born storyteller." SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

"The...


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ISBN 9781784973841
PRICE £7.99 (GBP)
PAGES 384

Average rating from 18 members


Featured Reviews

This was an extraordinarily good read.

It is, apparently, the first of a trilogy that tells the story of a young soldier, a new regiment and how they changed the course of the war.

Highly recommended. I am eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Thank you to Head of Zeus via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of Airborne by Robert Radcliffe for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

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Some might consider it ironic that an army medical officer’s first taste of blood in the field of battle should be his own.

The book’s pace is great and it is very descriptive. From time to time it nearly transported me to the era of World War II and I sometimes felt as if I was there with the characters. It was realistic and it showed the horrors of war, especially in the parts of the Doctor, when he described conditions in hospitals and POW camp. I enjoyed the characters and witty sentences such as the one quoted above.

It is a great World War II story and I look forward to the second part.

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