Michael Tappenden: 2 books

1944. In the early hours of the sixth of June, Ted Tappenden and an elite glider-borne force of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, successfully attack and capture the vital Horsa and Pegasus bridges in the first allied assault of D-Day. Ted returns from the war apparently unscathed and a hero....

At times dark and disturbing but also overflowing with warmth and humour, Pegasus to Paradise is not simply a poignant family album of times past but a rich social history of wartime and post war England. A sensitive commentary on wartime duty, trauma and stoicism and of the difficulties facing a...