[1] It is set during the First World War, focusing on the crew of a two-man reconnaissance plane whose pilot is in love with the wife of the observer.

It was bestseller and later secured Kessel membership of the Académie Française.

[2] It has been adapted into films on three occasions: This article about a 1920s novel is a stub.

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