ACROSS THE BLOOD RED SKIES Paperback – 20 January 2011
Robert Radcliffe . Little, Brown Book Group . English
Spring 1917. The average survival time of a First World War reconnaissance pilot is eighteen hours. After weeks in the thick of it, George Duckwell, reluctant novice-hero of the Royal Flying Corps, is living on borrowed time, watching in horror as a succession of comrades are shot down, burned, maimed and killed, while somehow he survives. Struggling to make sense of the conflict, George forms an awkward friendship with William 'Mac' MacBride, an enigmatic Canadian ace, waging his own private war against the legendary Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen. But when Mac falls for George's sweetheart - front-line nurse Emily - the fragile bond that keeps the two men alive comes under threat on the eve of the most lethal conflict the modern world has known.
Categories: Action & Adventure
About the Author
Robert Radcliffe's real name is Robert Mawson. He was born and educated in London where he worked at various jobs until talking his way into an editorial job on a yachting magazine. From there he worked in journalism and advertising '. . . gradually learning the ropes while trying to write my own stuff at home'. In the 1980s he took up flying then spent ten years as a commercial pilot, working all over the world, while still working on writing projects in his own time. In 1991 Robert returned home to form his own PR consultancy, and work on book-writing projects. His first novel, A SHIP CALLED HOPE, was published under the Mawson name in 1994. In 1997 he sold his house and business and moved to a borrowed cottage in France to try and write full time. The result was THE LAZARUS CHILD, a book that sold more than a million copies worldwide and was translated into over twenty languages. In 2004 it was made into a film starring Andy Garcia and Angela Bassett. Success enabled Robert to become a full-time writer. In 2002 he published UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN under the pen-name Robert Radcliffe. The story of an American bomber base in Suffolk during World War II, UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and has sold more than 180,000 copies to date. This was followed by UPON DARK WATERS in 2004, ACROSS THE BLOOD-RED SKIES in 2009, DAMBUSTER in 2011, and BENEATH ANOTHER SUN in 2012. In 2017 the first in his new AIRBORNE trilogy, which is about the Parachute Regiment in World War II, was released. Robert and his wife Kate, a teacher, live in Suffolk.
