Casemate Publishers, 2009. Paperback. Good. 'Classic . . . the definitive account of aerial combat - full of passion an d poetry' - Max Arthur, Independent 'Magical evocation of the lonely battle fought in the clouds' - The Daily Telegraph 'This is a book everyone shoul d read. It is the autobiography of an ace, and no common ace either. The bo y had all the noble tastes and qualities, love of beauty, soaring imaginati on, a brilliant endowment of good looks . . . this prince of pilots . . . h ad a charmed life in every sense of the word' - George Bernard Shaw Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just seventeen, and later a m ember of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passion ate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war, as we follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme, to his pioneering defense of London against deadly night time raids.

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A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn’t even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron—and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, Sagittarius Rising beautifully recounts Lewis’s harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you’ve read before.

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Bookseller: Infinity Books Japan (JP)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000063924
Title: Sagittarius Rising
Author: Lewis, Cecil
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1848325193
ISBN 13: 9781848325197
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Place of Publication: London,
Date Published: 2009

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