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A review by maplessence
Death of an Airman by Christopher St. John Sprigg
4.0
If you read Sprigg's bio on Goodreads, you will find a very interesting man who died way too young.
Certainly I would like to know more about him.
Reading this book, I would have sworn that Sprigg was a pilot. Reading his bio on Wikipedia Under his real name of Christopher Caudwell,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Caudwell I found out that he was knowledgeable about flight and wrote a couple of books about it.
& this book got off to a cracking start when an Australian bishop turns up at the Baston Air Club wanting flying lessons. But there are some strange goings on...
The book was terrific at the start, (& had some wonderful characters throughout, like Lady Crumbles the ruthless fundraiser!) it did lose a bit of momentum in the centre, but the ending tied up all the loose ends. & just for once I guessed the chief villain - only two pages before the reveal but still!
One of the better Golden Age books I have read by a lesser known writer.
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Merged review:
If you read Sprigg's bio on Goodreads, you will find a very interesting man who died way too young.
Certainly I would like to know more about him.
Reading this book, I would have sworn that Sprigg was a pilot. Reading his bio on Wikipedia Under his real name of Christopher Caudwell,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Caudwell I found out that he was knowledgeable about flight and wrote a couple of books about it.
& this book got off to a cracking start when an Australian bishop turns up at the Baston Air Club wanting flying lessons. But there are some strange goings on...
The book was terrific at the start, (& had some wonderful characters throughout, like Lady Crumbles the ruthless fundraiser!) it did lose a bit of momentum in the centre, but the ending tied up all the loose ends. & just for once I guessed the chief villain - only two pages before the reveal but still!
One of the better Golden Age books I have read by a lesser known writer.
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com
Certainly I would like to know more about him.
Reading this book, I would have sworn that Sprigg was a pilot. Reading his bio on Wikipedia Under his real name of Christopher Caudwell,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Caudwell I found out that he was knowledgeable about flight and wrote a couple of books about it.
& this book got off to a cracking start when an Australian bishop turns up at the Baston Air Club wanting flying lessons. But there are some strange goings on...
The book was terrific at the start, (& had some wonderful characters throughout, like Lady Crumbles the ruthless fundraiser!) it did lose a bit of momentum in the centre, but the ending tied up all the loose ends. & just for once I guessed the chief villain - only two pages before the reveal but still!
One of the better Golden Age books I have read by a lesser known writer.
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com
Merged review:
If you read Sprigg's bio on Goodreads, you will find a very interesting man who died way too young.
Certainly I would like to know more about him.
Reading this book, I would have sworn that Sprigg was a pilot. Reading his bio on Wikipedia Under his real name of Christopher Caudwell,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Caudwell I found out that he was knowledgeable about flight and wrote a couple of books about it.
& this book got off to a cracking start when an Australian bishop turns up at the Baston Air Club wanting flying lessons. But there are some strange goings on...
The book was terrific at the start, (& had some wonderful characters throughout, like Lady Crumbles the ruthless fundraiser!) it did lose a bit of momentum in the centre, but the ending tied up all the loose ends. & just for once I guessed the chief villain - only two pages before the reveal but still!
One of the better Golden Age books I have read by a lesser known writer.
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com