Review: Excellent quirky historical fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
"Britt" by Alan Hardy is a great, quirky book about two WW1 heroes: Nurse Britt, and pilot Wriggles. They know each other from childhood onwards and become partners in a spy thriller in which they have to eliminate a series of German opponents.Told with a great dry sense of humour and with a sense of ambience this is a very enjoyable read, even for a German audience, like myself.Almost a hundred years on since the end of WW1 we are still fascinated by the epic and dramatic events, the trench war fare and life in threatened France. In part authentic historical fiction, in part a spy novel with romance and humour the book has achieved to bring this fascination into a rounded and entertaining piece of art.Having read Hardy's other work I am fascinated by his ability to put his unique mark on any genre he touches. Veyr accomplished.