Liz Trenow's latest historical novel focuses on the secret research station at Bawdsey Manor during the late 1930s as young physicist Vikram sets to work on techniques to improve communications for the RAF. He had been recruited from Cambridge where he was a gifted PhD student working on radio waves and those who recruited him think his ideas might just help Britain to win the coming war. It is at Bawdsey that Vic meets local girl Kath, she has recently left school and is searching for a purpose. When war is declared Kath thinks she may have found it as she signs up to join the WAAFs. The war however also separates the two young people, as they both get moved around the country for further training and war work but they write to each other and try to meet up when the can, their love story unfolding across the years and the miles. Liz Trenow is a gifted storyteller with an enviable skill in conveying character development and emotion with a deft touch. Under a Wartime Sky is a page turning historical romance that will enchant readers of Rachel Hore, Lucinda Riley and Gill Paul. Under a Wartime Sky is out now in paperback and ebook from Pan Macmillan, thanks to Ellis Keene for sending me a copy.
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