Fair Stood the Wind for France
- Fair Stood the Wind for France
"Fair Stood the Wind for France" is a novel written by British author H. E. Bates, it was first published in 1944 and was his first financial success. The title comes from the first line of "Agincourt", a poem by Michael Drayton (1563-1631). [ [http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/42557.html Fair Stood the Wind for France Book Review essays ] ]
The story concerns John Franklin, the pilot of a Wellington Bomber who badly injures his arm when he brings his plane down in Occupied France at the height of the Second world War. He and his crew make their way to an isolated farmhouse and are taken in by the family of a French farmer. Plans are made to smuggle the them back to Britain via Vichy controlled Marseilles but Franklin's conditions worsens and he remains at the farm during the hot summer weeks that follow and falls in love with the farmer's daughter Françoise. Eventually they make the hazardous journey together by rowing boat and bicycle...
Television adaptation
It was adapted into a 4-part television mini-series in 1980 for the BBC starring David Beames as Franklin and Cécile Paoli as Françoise.
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