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Title: A Splendid Little War
Author: Derek Robinson
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9780857052322
Date: 2013
Pages: 316
Rating: 5/5
Mr Robinson has once again exceeded (already high)
expectations and has produced another novel replete with tragi-comedy,
education, cynical humour and action. Set in the midst of the Russian civil
war, the book follows the experiences of Merlin Squadron, the RAF fighters sent
to support the White Russian army in the southern steppe. Robinson is master of
character development and he is able to capture the essence of the post war
British Officer sent on yet another international escapade. A tight storyline
woven into a historically accurate rendition of the conditions and folly under
which the British airmen operated; this book cannot be recommended highly
enough.
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