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Sword of Honour (Record no. 1327)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781447243656
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.91
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Beaty, David
9 (RLIN) 362752
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sword of Honour
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Pan Macmillan;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 176 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The scene is a cadet training college for would-be civil aviation pilots, among them the average Benson and the brilliant Miller. It is Benson who tells the story from the moment when, coming in to land with Miller as co-pilot, he hits a tree, to the final scene when Miller is awarded the passing-out Sword of Honour. It is the trainer aircraft known to the cadets as 'The Bastard, and feared by all but Miller, in which Benson has the accident. They are convinced that this reconditioned old machine is not airworthy, and soon there is further proof. Another cadet radios that the aircraft is out of control; 'The Bastard' crash-lands, the cadet is nearly killed. With great skill David Beaty builds up the resulting tension between the authorities -- the Commandant and the Chief Flying Officer -- and the cadets, to the point where the latter go on strike, refusing either to fly or attend lectures. Only Miller stands aside, and Miller is beaten up. The authorities maintain that the accidents in which 'The Bastard' has been concerned were due not to the aircraft but to carelessness on the part of the cadets. Through something he has observed Benson is forced to agree with them. And Miller? On his last flight before the passing-out ceremony he is saved from death only by Benson's courage in emergency. Miller, the brilliant pupil, wins the Sword of Honour. But there is something else he doesn't win -- and Benson does. With his unrivalled knowledge of the techniques of flying and of the attitudes of those who fly, David Beaty has built a novel with a brilliantly paradoxical climax that keeps the reader turning the pages in excited anticipation.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Adventure
9 (RLIN) 362753
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Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi In Store 04/07/2016   823.91 PKLC007318 09/09/2016 04/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Book Bazaar
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 04/05/2016   823.91 PKLC001075 04/05/2016 04/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17