When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind - the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. It is a stroke of unbelievable luck when the family of a French farmer risk their lives to offer the airmen protection. During the hot summer weeks that follow, the English officer and the daughter of the house are drawn inexorably to each other...
| ISBN: | 9780141188164 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2005 |
| Author: | H E Bates |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |