Hornet Flight

4.4 avg 864 votes

About this book

Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of early days of World War II...It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande an discovers an astonishing sight that will change the momentum of the war. He must get word to England-except that he has no way to get there. He has only an old derelict Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in a ruined church: a plane so decrepit that it is unlikely ever to get off the ground...even if Harald knew how to fly it."Follett...hits the mark again with this dramatic and tragic tale...[He] starts out fast and keeps up the pace." -Publishers Weekly

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4.4/5 · 864 readers · 518 pages · ≈ 9 h 36 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Hornet Flight?

About ≈ 9 h 36 m — 518 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mHornet Flight~9 h 36 m

How many pages is Hornet Flight?

518 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Hornet Flight518

What genre is Hornet Flight?

It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.

Is Hornet Flight in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does Hornet Flight take place?

It is set in Denmark, England, Da nemark.

Who wrote Hornet Flight?

Ken Follett.

Setting DenmarkEnglandDa nemark
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