- Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; (Reissue) edition (11 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006473334
- ISBN-13: 978-0006473336
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 578,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'An outstanding novelist's brilliantly researched portrait of the war in the air and the men who fought it' Max Hastings.
'The dialogue is convincing, the story is emotionally moving and it contains some of the best descriptions of battle I've read' Time Out. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'The dialogue is convincing, the story is emotionally moving and it contains some of the best descriptions of battle I've read' Time Out. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Set during World War II, this book is an account of the war as lived by the men of Hornet Squadron, from the war in France until the end of the Battle of Britain. By the author of "Goshawk Squadron" and "War Story".
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Dawn was beginning to soften the edge of the night as the Buick convertible cruised through the Essex countryside. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Don't be put off by the hefty length of this superb book - You'll wish it was twice as long when you've finished it. Superb characterisation - you'll really feel part of whats going ony. The scene setting and black humour of the narative serves to make the whole war experience of the main characters even more bleak and frightening
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A book I found hard to put down. From the Battle of France to the climax of the Battle of Britain a unique and unparalled story unfolds. Close to exhaustion, past the brink, the pilots of Hornet squadron live an existence with the spectre of death constantly at their sides.
It is clear that aerial warfare is neither a gentlemanly sport or chivalrous past time.
A recommended read
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've read this book 4 times in the last 10 years and am always shocked at its brutality in describing ariel warfare combined with superb pen portraits of its main characters. Come to love the various characters and then cry as their world is changed by flame and bullet. An amazing story.
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An alternative view on the early days of the Air War during WW2
Well written novel, a good page turner , however he takes a rather alternative view of the men who fought first in France then over the skies of England during both the Battle of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pearsy1952
A Fine Read
Well, being a Yank, I feel that I'm treading on what is firmly British territory here. It took me over 20 years (and two viewings of the celebrated mini-series, which I loved and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Grant Waara
A Piece of Cake
A most excellent book and one I will treasure reading. I am on my fourth read and am enjoying it as much as the first time.
Published 4 months ago by Silk
Piece of Cake is an enjoyable epic, but it somehow never quite catches...
A lot of focus on this book seems to be about the `accuracy' or whether it `debunks myths'. I'm not particularly interested in that - in the same way that I'm not particularly... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2009 by Robbie Swale
a real piece of cake
Quick service, and book in excellent condition, although it did smell of tobacco smoke ! Otherwisw good service.
Published on 11 Dec 2009 by Orville
How it wasn't
I first read this book when it came out about twenty five years ago and was pretty unimpressed at the time. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2009 by M. B. Jennings
Top flight - a work of genius!
One of the most engrossing novels I've ever read. It's impossible to do it justice in a few words - and impossible to put down. Robinson has no weaknesses. On the contrary. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2009 by Baz
A novel, not a "thriller".
I am not generally a reader or war stories. In fact, apart from a few of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin novels, this is the only one I have ever read. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2005 by Martin Akiyama
No rose-tinted flying goggles here....
'Piece of Cake' was the first Derek Robinson novel I ever read. I recently purchased a replacement, as the original had been re-read and loaned-out so many times! Read more
Published on 22 July 2004 by Lysander
Reality check needed here.
Lots of previous reviewers go on about this book being "an honest account" and "debunking myths" (of the RAF and the BoB). IT'S A WORK OF FICTION, it's not real, it's a novel. Read more
Published on 29 April 2004 by Barrie Mckenna
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