That Summer

Published by Faber on 9th July 2001

It is June and the summer of 1940 is about to become the myth that will define a generation. When Les Westbourne, an inexperienced fighter pilot, falls in love with Stella Gardam, a radar operator with a far more worldly attitude, they are all too aware that their time may be short as the war becomes an epic struggle between the Luftwaffe and the RAF – The Battle of Britain.