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  First Light (Hardback) By (author) Geoffrey Wellum

  

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  Short Description for First LightThe first-hand account of a 17-year-old Englishman who became an ace fighter pilot with the RAF, the youngest at the time, and flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain.
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  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Published: 27 July 2001
  • Format: Hardback 368 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Memoirs | Air Forces & Warfare | Military Engineering | British & Irish History | Second World War
  • ISBN 13: 9780471426271 ISBN 10: 047142627X
  • Sales rank: 47,465

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• "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)