It has been a long time since I read a book by Follett. His books tend to be long but they are so worth it. He is such an amazing writer and I always learn something historical. This one, the main thing I learned was about the flying boats. Never heard of them before. WOW.

This book was about the Clipper (a flying bloat) and the people aboard. it takes place at the beginning of WWII. Most of the people aboard are fleeing England for some reason. There are a couple of love stories. A family with a father that is very controlling of his adult daughters. A woman fleeing a boring marriage with her lover. A scientist fleeing the Nazi's. A gangster being returned by the FBI. A jewel thief fleeing prosecution. It makes an interesting journey that gets more interesting when one of the engineers' wife has been kidnapped and the request is that he bring down the boat early.

A very good read that I did not want to put down. I easily could have stayed up all night reading this book. In fact, I stayed up way late a few nights on this one.

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