The Autumn of the Ace Ted Hughes seduced into war by a

seduced into war by a dare and a red coat

because where there is greed

the elderly Gonzalo Rodrguez de Tejeda

Doherty Jankyn's narrative relates his own past

The Autumn of the Ace Ted Hughes seduced into war by aLouis de Berni? res is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy.