{"product_id":"9781911621089","title":"Over and Above","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Over and Above\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchrijver:\u003c\/strong\u003e John E Gurdon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBindingswijze:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781911621089\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConditie:\u003c\/strong\u003e Goed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStaat van dit boek\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElk boek is handmatig gecontroleerd. Vragen? Stuur gerust een bericht.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAls nieuw\u003c\/strong\u003e Zo goed als nieuw, geen tot vrijwel geen gebruikssporen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoed\u003c\/strong\u003e Lichte gebruikssporen mogelijk, meestal geen aantekeningen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRedelijk\u003c\/strong\u003e Zichtbaar gebruikt, kan sporen of aantekeningen bevatten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNieuw\u003c\/strong\u003e Ongelezen en in nieuwe staat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeschrijving:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon’s granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver and Above is Gurdon’s first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as a novel, it is not so much that as a fictionalised account of his own service flying career, with names changed, incidents rearranged. True, it tells of ‘exciting raids over enemy lines and towns, desperate fights against fearful odds, chivalry shown to an unchivalrous foe...’ but the narrative turns darker as men become wearier, new comrades arrive and are killed, and those who remain try to hold onto meaning in increasingly unintelligible circumstances, a mirror to Gurdon’s own experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the style of the era and by and for a class which put great store in maintaining a slangy, backslapping cheerfulness, no matter how grim things were, with chums wishing each other ‘beaucoup Huns’ before embarking on a ‘show’ in ‘beastly’ weather, this book is a classic to rank with Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and which should never have been out of print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon’s granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Boeken van Wouter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53972348305731,"sku":"ZB 41-12 091225","price":10.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/6197\/5363\/files\/543x840_11d918c1-3283-44e3-8a81-a8517681af8b.jpg?v=1765339305","url":"https:\/\/www.deboekenvanwouter.nl\/fr\/products\/9781911621089","provider":"De Boeken van Wouter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}