Band Of Brothers
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Remainder mark
Long before the age of jet travel, the skies belonged to a breed of pilots who flew not for comfort, but for survival — and Ernest K. Gann's Band of Brothers plunges the reader directly into their world. Set against the backdrop of early commercial and wartime aviation, this gripping novel chronicles the lives of a tight-knit group of airmen bound together by duty, danger, and an unspoken code of brotherhood. Gann, himself a seasoned aviator, brings an unparalleled authenticity to the cockpit, rendering the mechanical roar of propeller engines and the chill of unpressurised air with visceral precision. The central conflict is at once external — against enemy forces and the merciless elements — and internal, as each man confronts his own fear, ambition, and sense of honour. Gann stands apart from his contemporaries as a writer who does not merely romanticise flight but argues for its profound moral and human dimensions, presenting aviation as both a crucible of character and a theatre of consequence. His prose is muscular yet lyrical, balancing technical credibility with emotional depth in a way that few authors of action fiction have achieved. Themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds forged under extreme pressure resonate throughout the narrative, elevating it well beyond a simple wartime adventure. For anyone who has ever looked up at the sky and wondered what it truly costs to conquer it, Band of Brothers delivers an answer that lingers long after the final page.
Author: Ernest K. Gann
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Adventure fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Remainder mark
Long before the age of jet travel, the skies belonged to a breed of pilots who flew not for comfort, but for survival — and Ernest K. Gann's Band of Brothers plunges the reader directly into their world. Set against the backdrop of early commercial and wartime aviation, this gripping novel chronicles the lives of a tight-knit group of airmen bound together by duty, danger, and an unspoken code of brotherhood. Gann, himself a seasoned aviator, brings an unparalleled authenticity to the cockpit, rendering the mechanical roar of propeller engines and the chill of unpressurised air with visceral precision. The central conflict is at once external — against enemy forces and the merciless elements — and internal, as each man confronts his own fear, ambition, and sense of honour. Gann stands apart from his contemporaries as a writer who does not merely romanticise flight but argues for its profound moral and human dimensions, presenting aviation as both a crucible of character and a theatre of consequence. His prose is muscular yet lyrical, balancing technical credibility with emotional depth in a way that few authors of action fiction have achieved. Themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds forged under extreme pressure resonate throughout the narrative, elevating it well beyond a simple wartime adventure. For anyone who has ever looked up at the sky and wondered what it truly costs to conquer it, Band of Brothers delivers an answer that lingers long after the final page.