Un roman inspire de la vie des aviateurs francais de la base d'Elvington dans le Yorkshire. Le lieutenant-colonel Philippe Destivel quitte le Maroc pour l'Angleterre fin 1943 pour diriger un groupe de bombardiers lourds sur la base de Gaitford. Aux commandes de son Halifax, il effectue des vols toujours plus dangereux. Pendant une permission, Il tombe sous le charme d'une mysterieuse anglaise. Commence alors en cet ete 44 une passion entre l'aviateur et la belle inconnue, mais vont-ils pouvoir vivre pleinement cet amour alors que la mort rode autour d'eux ? Un livre captivant, historiquement...

The frustrated love of a mysterious Englishwoman and a French heavy bomber pilot from the Gaitford airbase in England during the Second World War. This novel was inspired by the life of the French airmen from the Elvington base in Yorkshire. Lieutenant-Colonel Philippe Destival leaves Morocco for England at the end of 1943, to lead a group of heavy bombers at Gaitford airbase. In the cockpit of his Halifax, he carries out ever more dangerous missions. Whilst on leave, he falls under the spell of a mysterious Englishwoman. Thus begins, in the summer of 1944, a torrid passion between the airman...

The action of this novel, volume 2 of the "Destivel" saga, takes place just after the war in 1945-1947. We catch up with the characters of "A French Pilot in Gaitford" in very different settings. May 1945: peace in Europe. Colonel Philippe Destivel of the French Air Force must return to France and life with his cantankerous mother, Maggy, and his children. In the meantime, his English girlfriend, Victoria, will soon give birth in London. How will they manage to sustain their idyll? Francoise Dumaine, who was widowed in 1943, has been living in Algeria with her three children. Her return to...