A review by bgarance
The Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries by Clare Mulley

4.0

I was most attracted to this book by its resume. It actually made me think: "now this is a movie I want to see!" Keen to discover more about these two extraordinary Germans flying ladies and their rivalry I dived in. It's a very thorough research about their lives, achievements and political points of view during the Second World War. It's therefore very interesting on a historical point of view and very well written. Unfortunately both characters, though extraordinary for their times, remain a bit on the outskirts of everything, due to their gender mostly. As such they make for very good new entry points in a period often studied but almost never through a feminine view; on the other side they tend to be a little disappointing as characters as they're kept on the edge of history no matter how excellent and involved they are in their field.