The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of distinction between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
-- Sir William Francis Butler
"Wellum's First Light deserves to be read for many years to come." -The Times (of London)
High praise for England's bestselling First Light . . .
"An extraordinarily gripping and powerful story." -The Evening Standard (London)
"A work of exceptional quality . . . a passion and immediacy which make it compelling reading." -Max Hastings, author of Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
"A remarkable book, amazingly fresh, honest, and modest . . . utterly gripping; it is without question one of the best books I have read in the last few years." -Professor Richard Holmes, author of Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
"Startlingly vivid recollections . . . this is air war at its most intense . . . his readers get a strong sense of immediacy." -The Spectator (London)
"Geoffrey Wellum's book is a wonderfully evocative find . . . a book for all ages and generations, a treasure." -Daily Express (London)