How Sleep the Brave

Name: How Sleep the Brave
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Complete Stories of Flying Officer 'X'

By H.E. Bates

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Originally published under the pseudonym Flying Officer X, How Sleep the Brave presents a compelling collection of stories recounting the daring lives of British Royal Air Force pilots during the Second World War. Author H.E. Bates, living closely with the often young bomber crews, captures their harrowing experiences in combat and moments on the ground, delivering poignant, vivid narratives that resonate deeply with readers.
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in historical fiction, military history, and evocative wartime narratives, as well as those who appreciate masterful storytelling and lyrical prose.

Bates lived among the painfully young pilots and recorded their lives, and those of their loved ones, with an emotional attention that deeply moved the generation that lived through the war, and an intensity that reverberates down the decades.

Heroic and moving accounts of the R. A. F. in war time by the author of Fair Stood the Wind for France and The Darling Buds of May

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First published under the pseudonym of Flying Officer X, H. E. Bates's heroic stories of the exploits of British pilots during the Second World War created a sensation when they appeared in 1942, selling over two million copies all over the world.

While writing these stories, Bates lived among the often painfully young bomber crews and recorded their lives both in combat and on the ground, with a poignancy that deeply moved the generation that lived through the war.

The tales, in this one-volume edition, are immensely readable as an account of the R.A.F. in wartime, reflecting Bates's mastery both of the art of description and of storytelling.

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Praised by The Times for their enduring poignancy and readability, these wartime stories have been hailed by literary figures such as Graham Greene as exemplary short fiction. Critics from Listener and Times Literary Supplement have noted Bates's lyrical intensity and evocative storytelling, cementing his place in the lineage of distinguished English novelists.

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ISBN: 9780099442035

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 149g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

H. E. Bates was born in Northamptonshire in 1905. He published his first novel, The Two Sisters, when he was twenty, and for the next decade built up a reputation as a writer of great versatility. During the Second World War Bates was commissioned by the RAF as a short story writer, where he wrote the acclaimed How Sleep the Brave and The Greatest People in the World. His most popular creation was the effervescent Larkin family about whom he wrote five novels including The Darling Buds of May and A Little of What You Fancy. In 1973 H. E. Bates was awarded the C.B.E. He died in 1974.