num_pages: 368
description: "Wellum's First Light deserves to be read for many years to come." -The Times (of London) High praise for England's bestselling First Light . . ."An extraordinarily gripping and powerful story." -The Evening Standard (London)"A work of exceptional quality . . . a passion and immediacy which make it compelling reading." -Max Hastings, author of Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy"A remarkable book, amazingly fresh, honest, and modest . . . utterly gripping; it is without question one of the best books I have read in the last few years." -Professor Richard Holmes, author of Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket"Startlingly vivid recollections . . . this is air war at its most intense . . . his readers get a strong sense of immediacy." -The Spectator (London)"Geoffrey Wellum's book is a wonderfully evocative find . . . a book for all ages and generations, a treasure." -Daily Express (London)
language: English
title: First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies above Britain
titlecomplete: First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies above Britain
genres: Biography, War, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Military History, Military Fiction, Aviation, History, World War II
ratings_count: 3228
publisher: Wiley