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by Ross Nelhams (Translator), Marco Strazzi (Author)
ILLUSTRATED NOVEL - INCLUDING PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL CONTENTS.**************************************6 June 1944, 0:02: Roger Englin is aboard an aircraft headed for Normandy. He is seventeen years old and has a mission to accomplish.31 May 2014, 15:12: Cédric Roussel is coming back home from the high school where he teaches history. He does not know it yet, but he has a mission to accomplish.6 June 2014, 0:02: Théo Roussel turned eight years old two minutes ago. He will think about his party later on. Now, he has an appointment. And a mission to accomplish.A paratrooper receiving his baptism of fire. A father who has never gotten over his greatest heartache. A young boy fighting his fear. Three people separated by space and time, yet they have something in common: a wristwatch, lost on D-Day and rediscovered seventy years later in an auction house catalogue.It is Cédric who spots it on the internet, finding out that he more than anyone has a good reason to bid for it. Can it really be mere coincidence? The answer is a date with destiny that will challenge what he thought he knew about his own past.Wingwatch is a tale of courage, a bridge between the heroes of yesterday and those of tomorrow, a voyage through time in the company of that most classic of time machines: a watch, whose rusted hands and faded dial measure more than just the limited span of a minute, an hour or a human life.*************************************Originally published in a text-only edition, Wingwatch is now available in a new illustrated version featuring over 130 pictures and a selection of additional contents. The reader will be able to visualize some of the objects, situations and places described in the text, as well as to have a look at the sites where history was made, and virtually meet up with three real protagonists of the events that inspired the novel.
Author Biography
Marco Strazzi was born in Bologna (Italy) and currently lives in Lugano (Switzerland). After a twenty-year career as a sports writer, he became involved in communication related to the watchmaking industry. He is the author of five books on the history of timepieces, among which the three bilingual (English/Italian) volumes of the Watch Books series - The Museum Collection, Watch Ads 1900-1959, and Watch Ads 1960-2000. Wingwatch marked his debut in the world of fiction. The novel is also available in French and Italian. http: //marcostrazzi.blogspot.c
