Demons of Dunkirk
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SUMMARY To Hell then home again Charlie's mother and father work at a Spitfire factory in the fishing port of Hamble. After a run in with a brutal instructor on the naval training ship Mercury, the teenager finds himself on the run from the British navy. His father hooks him up with William - the Captain of the a fishing boat called the White Feather. A few days later, the pair find themselves caught up in the most heroic retreat of WW2 - the Dunkirk evacuation. EXTRACT "We're nearer hell than home now Charlie," the great man said, as we looked to the huge pillars of smoke, that spiraled above...
SUMMARY To Hell then home again Charlie's mother and father work at a Spitfire factory in the fishing port of Hamble. After a run in with a brutal instructor on the naval training ship Mercury, the teenager finds himself on the run from the British navy. His father hooks him up with William - the Captain of the a fishing boat called the White Feather. A few days later, the pair find themselves caught up in the most heroic retreat of WW2 - the Dunkirk evacuation. EXTRACT "We're nearer hell than home now Charlie," the great man said, as we looked to the huge pillars of smoke, that spiraled above the beaches. We were there to save the soldiers; little did I know that soon I would need rescuing myself from the Demons of Dunkirk. KEY SALES POINTS . Accurate historical background for pupils studying WW2. . Explains the story of the 'conchie's' - the consciousness objectors of WW1 who were given white feathers. . A twist packed adventure for readers aged 11 and over . 75th Anniversary of Dunkirk in May 2015 . The book starts with Dunkirk and ends with the D-Day landings.
