Fair Stood the Wind for France
A World War II, France, War book. A love story, an adventure story, the effects of WWII, a gripping thriller, a comrades poignant sacrifice....
When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind - the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. It is a stroke of unbelievable luck when the family of a French farmer risk their lives to offer the airmen protection. During the hot summer weeks that follow, the English officer and the daughter of the house are drawn inexorably to each other.
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This is a darker side of H. E. Bates, quite somber throughout and very telling about an English pilot's crash in France and the subsequent loss of his arm. Franklin is dependent on a farming family for his survival and for his escape from the Nazis that appear unpredictably in the small French village. The story of his amputation and... Does anyone else remember an obscure mid-nineties British indie song that shared the title of this book, and/or featured it as a lyric, probably in the chorus?It had a jaunty, upbeat but slightly fey sound, quite smooth production and a male singer whose voice wasn't very deep or full. It's not the same as the folk song 'Fair Stood... A love story, an adventure story, the effects of WWII, a gripping thriller, a comrades poignant sacrifice. All rolled up into one.Not until the final two pages did I learn the fate of the two main characters.The author, H. E. Bates, was a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F. (Englands air force). So he had firsthand knowledge of things. Some...
