Stoop to the Sky

by Tim Shaw

A grown up “Biggles” for boys who grew up with Biggles.A working class hero in an upper class world, fighting for his place amongst the rich elite at the birth of British military aviation. Set at the eve of the Great War, a time of great political instability across Europe and in a society were the working classes still doffed their cap’s to their social superiors. One young man has the opportunity to compete with them on a level playing field as they all learn the dangers and the joys of the aeroplane and powered flight.A poacher who saves the day and becomes a hero after getting embroiled in an assassination attempt by German intelligence on the life of Winston Churchill and other high ranking military targets in an attempt to weaken the British military in the event of war.

324 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 5, 2011