Hornet's Sting
| Author | : Derek Robinson |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2011-07-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780857388490 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0857388495 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (495 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hornet's Sting written by Derek Robinson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously. Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; and the C.O.'s patent, potent cocktail, known as 'Hornet's Sting'. But as the summer offensives boil up, none of these can offer any lasting comfort.
