The English air
Stevenson, D. E. (Dorothy Emily), 1892-19731968
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Franz von Heiden, son of a Nazi official, and an English mother who had died when he was a child, comes to England early in 1938 to visit hs English cousins - and to study them. He is both accepted and entertained by Wynne Braithwaite's family and friends. Buth the peace and abundance which he finds about him are not what he had been taught to expect. These people are not the decadent enemy; their casual talk and happy lives betray no weakness. Franz is disturbed - his reports to his father at home are not what had been expected there. Finding himself in love with Wynne, he is further troubled at the thought of his mother's broken life in Germany. would Wynne suffer the same slow death? As tremendous events succeed each other - Munich, Czechoslovakia and war itself - Franz's dilemma grows increasingly acute. the manner in which he finally resolves it provides a thrilling climax to a moving book.
Main title:
The English air / D. E. Stevenson.
Imprint:
London : Collins, 1968.
Collation:
286 p. ; 21 cm.
Dewey class:
823.91
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3435084