English Air (Stevenson - paperback)

Author: D. E. Stevenson

ISBN: 9781915014399

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

It’s the spring of 1938, the threat of war looms across England, and widowed, slightly dizzy Sophie Braithwaite and her daughter Wynne await the arrival of a distant cousin, Franz von Heiden—from Nazi Germany no less. Franz turns out to be a stiff, formal young man, and whose father (unbeknownst to the Braithwaites) is a personal advisor to Hitler that has sent Franz to observe English attitudes, but they do indeed welcome him nicely. Soon nicknamed Frank, his defenses are broken down by the kindness, informality, and humour of his cousins—particularly the charming Wynne. But when the dreaded war breaks out and Franz returns to Germany, Wynne must wait in suspense to learn his fate.