{"product_id":"wingwatch-illustrated-novel-on-6-june-1944-it-was-lost-in-normandy-it-is-still-there-waiting-for-someone-to-bring-it-back-home-paperback-1","title":"Wingwatch - Illustrated Novel: On 6 June 1944 it was lost in Normandy. It is still there. Waiting for someone to bring it back home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss Nelhams\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarco Strazzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eILLUSTRATED 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarco 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725785346297,"sku":"9788894170436","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3sHS9URWSy9788894170436_a04f37a5-4dd4-4f39-b3f2-69fb989785eb.webp?v=1785239724","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wingwatch-illustrated-novel-on-6-june-1944-it-was-lost-in-normandy-it-is-still-there-waiting-for-someone-to-bring-it-back-home-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}