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Post by stuyoung on Jun 4, 2010 19:38:41 GMT
As a kid I read John Harris's novels about Martin Falconer, a young fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. The series traces Falconer's progress through t
The Fledglings -- Basic training and first foray into combat.
The Professionals -- Shooting down Zeppelins over London before shipping out to France, getting shot down and captured.
The Victors -- The last days of the war, becoming a commanding officer and the RFC becoming the RAF.
The Interceptors -- A post-war foray into the Russian Revolution.
Ages since I've seen any of them but a while back my local charity shop had a copy of The Interceptors which I snatched up. Ah, childhood memories.
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Post by andydecker on Jun 5, 2010 12:08:26 GMT
I am very interested in finding WWI novels. Are these war-action novels i.e. war pulp or more literary novels?
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Post by stuyoung on Jun 5, 2010 14:56:25 GMT
They're aimed at younger readers and would probably be classed as YA these days. There's a fair bit of action and humour and some romance as the naive Falconer blunders from one infatuation to the next. They reminded me a bit of the Biggles books but with slightly less derring-do.
Btw, I picked up Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson recently. I haven't read it yet but I've heard good things about it. Have you read it?
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