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First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies above Britain
ISBN: 978-0-471-42627-1
Hardcover
368 pages
April 2003
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"Wellum’s First Light deserves to be read for many years to come."
–The Times (of London)

High praise for England’s bestselling First Light . . .

"An extraordinarily gripping and powerful story."
–The Evening Standard (London)

"A work of exceptional quality . . . a passion and immediacy which make it compelling reading."
–Max Hastings, author of Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

"A remarkable book, amazingly fresh, honest, and modest . . . utterly gripping; it is without question one of the best books I have read in the last few years."
–Professor Richard Holmes, author of Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket

"Startlingly vivid recollections . . . this is air war at its most intense . . . his readers get a strong sense of immediacy."
–The Spectator (London)

"Geoffrey Wellum’s book is a wonderfully evocative find . . . a book for all ages and generations, a treasure."
–Daily Express (London)