Bluebirds A Battle of Britain Novel Melvyn Fickling Books
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Four ordinary young men are thrown together as Hitler plunges Europe into its darkest hours. Their fates will be decided in the most cruel and extraordinary way. Andrew Francis and Gerry Donaldson were born on different sides of the Atlantic just before The Great War. Together with the mildly psychotic Bryan Hale, they fly Spitfires through the summer of 1940. Invasion is imminent and England faces almost certain defeat after Hitler’s unstoppable armies slice through France to the Channel coast. Fighter Command risks total destruction as they rise to meet the Fuhrer’s Luftwaffe hordes in what would become The Battle of Britain. Based on true stories and events, Melvyn Fickling’s impressive debut novel Bluebirds recasts Winston Churchill’s ‘Few’ in the darker shadow of their desperate times, fighting against terrifying odds with the ever-present expectation of violent, murderous death. Gerry, the first American to fire guns in anger against the Nazis, fights in spite of American isolationism, relinquishing his US citizenship and becoming a reluctant propaganda tool for the Air Ministry along the way. Newly-married Andrew fights to protect his pregnant wife. Bryan fights for the simple pleasure of the kill. Vincent Drew, broken by childhood abuse, tumbles into their world and tears it apart… The first in a series of historical novels, Bluebirds is meticulously researched and faithfully evokes the terrifying and often heart-rending experiences both in the air and on the ground during the crucial first year of the Second World War as Britain strove to keep the German wolves from the door.
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'A truly gripping aviation adventure' - Richard Foreman Melvyn Fickling was born in Wells-Next-The-Sea on the North Norfolk coast. He later moved to London and spent many years working variously in import and distribution, purchasing, company administration, interior design and project management. After developing skills in internet marketing and search-engine-optimisation, he took advantage of work-from-home technology and lived in the picturesque medieval town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. Melvyn returned to Wells-Next-The-Sea in early 2015 and completed his first novel, based on the life and times of a local war-hero. Besides continuing the series, Melvyn hopes to establish his own micro-brewery in the town in 2018.Bluebirds A Battle of Britain Novel Melvyn Fickling Books
I was fortunate enough to read an advanced edition of this outstanding book. As a regular consumer of all things aviation in general, and the Battle of Britain specifically I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. As a pilot myself, I found myself relating to the young men in the book watching the airplanes from the previous war taking off behind an airport fence, and wanting nothing more than to be a pilot. The scenes described by the author put you in the cockpit closing with an ME109 at 400 knots! You can feel the fear and excitement of the engagement. Mr. Fickling has scored with this novel, and done yet another service to"the few". I can't wait for the next installment!Product details
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Bluebirds A Battle of Britain Novel Melvyn Fickling Books Reviews
The first 80 pages were unnecessary. Glad I stay with it because when the spitfires finally took off it held my attention.
I really enjoyed this book. Yes, there are one or two inaccuracies as highlighted by other reviewers, but this really doesn’t matter and does not detract from the story. I liked the way a number of seemingly unconnected people, each with their own back story all come together to affect each others lives. I’m very much looking forward to Mr Feckling’s next novel in the series.
Very informative. Between this and two other books, I was able to correct some misconceptions I had.concerning an important time of my fathers life that he would not talk about. Now I can understand why. He landed in North Africa, advanced across, went through Sicily, Landed at Anizo, Later he went into southern France. He never talked about his time in the Army. Now I can understand why.
At first I thought, “Yet another Battle of Britain novel.” Nevertheless I gave it a try. It took a while to find it’s rhythm, as it were, but then it just took off (no pun intended), and I couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to the next installment.
I truly enjoyed this novel and think it to be an exceptional achievement for a first-time author. He even got the American colloquialisms correct. I think what I found different about it was the huge drop of reality in it, dashing and devil may care they were but died by the droves. Really a great read. I burned through it and would definitely purchase the author's next novel.
I read mostly military history but I also enjoy fiction that is based upon accurate historical context. That is why Jeff Shaara is my favorite author--although the limit of his fiction is taking the historical record and recreating it through dialogue attributed to a real person. Melvin Fickling helps us witness the Battle of Britain through the eyes of a number of interesting characters. It was a quick read that I looked forward to each evening. Having read a number of historical accounts of the Battle of Britain, I found Bluebirds insightful and entertaining. Perhaps the best endorsement of Bluebirds is when I finished it, I wanted more. I purchased his sequel to Bluebirds that is now available "Blackbirds." I plan to start reading it tonight. Congratulations Melvin Fickling on your first book! And my thanks to the system for bringing it to my attention.
A decent tale, reasonably well told.
A few quibbles; rotary engines had no throttle-the pilot "blipped" the ignition switch to regulate power. Usually the rotary engine was left at full power.
And an American would never refer to a fuel tanker as a "bowser".
Last, Americans in England were and still are usually referred to as "Yanks", seldom as "Yankees".
But those nits aside, it is a good tale about the events before and during the early part of the Battle of Britain.
I was fortunate enough to read an advanced edition of this outstanding book. As a regular consumer of all things aviation in general, and the Battle of Britain specifically I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. As a pilot myself, I found myself relating to the young men in the book watching the airplanes from the previous war taking off behind an airport fence, and wanting nothing more than to be a pilot. The scenes described by the author put you in the cockpit closing with an ME109 at 400 knots! You can feel the fear and excitement of the engagement. Mr. Fickling has scored with this novel, and done yet another service to"the few". I can't wait for the next installment!
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