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An edition of The balloonist (2014)

The balloonist

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Running from a troubled past, Lieutenant Willy Fraser, formerly of the Royal Flying Corps, has chosen the most dangerous job on the Western Front - a balloon observer hanging under a gasbag filled with explosive hydrogen, four thousand feet above the Ypres Salient, anchored by a slender cable. Swept across enemy lines after his balloon is damaged, Willy is hidden by Belgian farmers, whom he grows close to during his stay; with their aid, he manages to escape across the flooded delta at the English Channel and return to his duties. But once he's back in the air, spotting for artillery and under attack, Willy can only focus on his own survival - until he is forced to make an impossible decision that threatens the life of the woman he has come to love.

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Thorpe, Charnwood
Language
English
Pages
536

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World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, action & adventure, World war, 1914-1918, fiction
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Running from a troubled past, Lieutenant Willy Fraser, formerly of the Royal Flying Corps, has chosen the most dangerous job on the Western Front
a balloon observer hanging under a gasbag filled with explosive hydrogen, four thousand feet above the Ypres Salient, anchored by a slender cable. Swept across enemy lines after his balloon is damaged, Willy is hidden by Belgian farmers, whom he grows close to during his stay; with their aid, he manages to escape across the flooded delta at the English Channel and return to his duties. But once he's back in the air, spotting for artillery and under attack, Willy can only focus on his own survival
until he is forced to make an impossible decision that threatens the life of the woman he has come to love.

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Adult.

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Leicester

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.92

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Pagination
536 pages (large print)
Number of pages
536

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32079250M
ISBN 10
1444826344
ISBN 13
9781444826340
OCLC/WorldCat
929431548

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OL20879061W

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Four thousand feet above the Western Front, only love can keep hope alive ... Lieutenant Willy Fraser, formerly of the Royal Flying Corps, has been delegated the most dangerous job on the Western Front - a balloon observer hanging under a gasbag filled with explosive hydrogen, four thousand feet above the Ypres Salient, anchored by a slender cable. Swept across enemy lines after his balloon is damaged, Willy is hidden by Belgian farmers, whom he grows close to during his stay. With their aid, he manages to escape across the flooded delta at the English Channel and return to his duties. But once he's back in the air, spotting for artillery and under attack, Willy is forced to make an impossible decision that threatens the life of the woman he has come to love.

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