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Old 30th Sep 2005, 17:32
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I have just finished reading "The Burning Blue" by James Holland and enjoyed it greatly. It is a novel, but grounded on obviously serious study of the Battle of Britain and the air war in the Western Desert leading up to Alamein. The author consulted with many B o B survivors, including Geoffrey Wellum ("First Light"). There are convincing descriptions of life at Cambridge in the late thirties (the hero, Joss Lambert, joined the RAFVR through CUAS) and glimpses of life among the "landed gentry" in Wiltshire before the war and during the summer of 1940. ALthough written by a relatively young author in 2004, I believe he has caught the flavour of the period very well. It is beautifully written, and I would have guessed that it was written from first-hand memories of the times, but for the occasional intrusion of current colloquialsims. ISBN 0 09 943647 7.
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