I may be one of the few people who had not read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince before reading this book but I knew it is a much-loved classic. Finding out more about the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was what initially drew me to The Prince of the Skies but, once I started reading it, I knew I had to read The Little Prince so treated myself to a lovely Macmillan Collections Library edition. And how glad I am that I did because I was able to spot how cleverly Antonio Iturbe has i...

I want to start my review by admitting that although I always read the blurb of a book before deciding whether to read it, I often forget what the book is about before I’m able to read it. That is exactly what happened to me with this book, and it created quite an unusual experience for me.The Prince of the skies follows three pilots: Jean, Henri and Antoine. Their incredible friendship, amazing adventures and domestic lives are interwoven in this wonderful historical novel.I have always wanted

The Little Prince has been an all time favorite of mine for many many years now! I always wondered about the life of its author/aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. That’s why I was so thrilled to find this book, which is dedicated to telling the life of Saint-Ex himself! When I love a book, one of my favorite things to do is learn about its author! I find it fascinating to look for the links that connect a writer to their stories! I loved learning about Saint-Ex in this way, and it makes The Littl...

My thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for a review copy of this book.While I’ve read The Little Prince many times, and find it an endearing read, full of little nuggets of wisdom, I knew very little about its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, except that he was an aristocrat, a pilot, and an author (I haven’t read his other books so far, though). So, when I spotted this book, I certainly wanted to pick it up. The Prince of the Skies, originally written in Spanish, and excellently translated b...

This spellbinding novel revolves around Antoine De Saint-Expéry, author of children’s classic The Little Prince, who was also a pioneer of aviation and helped to open up postal routes across Africa and South America. The scrapes he and his two colleagues get into are gripping – lots of crashes that mean they have to improvise repairs en route, walking through the Andes in winter, and accidentally flying low over a German airfield during wartime. The descriptions of flying are glorious, and I enj...

4.5 stars This is one of the best historical novels I’ve read this year! Beautiful prose, emotionally engaging, historically grounded, & a compelling portrayal of historical figures. It’s about aviation pioneers, enduring friendship, a lifelong yearning for intimate & fulfilling love, travel, & writing. So good! [What I liked:]•This is long & not a mystery novel, but I loved every page of it & didn’t want it to end! Covering more than two decades of three MC’s’ lives, the character arcs & their...

The fact that I finished this book says a lot more about my interest in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry than the merits of this book. The story "arc" was more of a long, flat highway with the occasional speed bump. Emphasis on long . . . and flat.On the positive side, there was a LOT of really interesting history packed in these pages. I felt like the author had to try really hard to make this story so boring. He had so much to work with.On hindsight, a textbook on this subject might have been less mun...

My Rating - 4.5* The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe publishes today, October 14th, with Pan Macmillan. Described as ‘a moving tale of love and friendship, war and heroism, and the power of the written word', it has been excellently translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites.I have often said that translated work has opened up a whole new world of literature to me and The Prince of the Skies is a perfect example of this. Ashamedly, I have to admit, that I have never read The Little Prince. It

*Disclaimer: I was kindly gifted a copy of this book by Pan Macmillan SA in exchange for an honest review. 3.5 stars"Life is chaotic, savage, and literature should be a reflection of that."The Prince of the Skies is based on the true story of Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince. Translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites, we learn more about Antoine and see his life as a French aristocrat, aviator and writer. We learn about his dreams to become a pilot, the challenges and the jou...

This is such a beautiful book, inside and out.I loved the writing style and the authors portray of the characters and the events.I thoroughly enjoyed reading the experiences of the men and learning about the journey the faced. I especially enjoyed Antoine’s life as a pilot and as someone I luck in love.A fascinating novel which I would recommend to any historical fiction/non-fiction fan.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is one of those classics children’s books that stands the test of time. In The Prince of of the Skies Antonio Iturbe looks into the extraordinary life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and two of his friends, Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, who were pilots with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and put themselves in danger everyday. This maybe a fiction book but it really captures the essence of Antoine, his passions, his writing and his desire for the skies.To...

Great story about Antoine De Saint Expery, and his aviation partners Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet. we all remember Antoine as the author of The Little Prince, but I really didn't know anything more about him and his life. The Prince of the skies shows us another side of Antoine, especially his days in the aviation, and how he somehow was the one who helped many postal routes to open such as the African and South America route, where he will meet many of the most interesting characters of thi...

We all know the story of The Little Prince (at least, I hope we do) but do we know much about the author?I certainly didn’t, and dived at the chance to read about him in Antonio Iturbe’s The Prince of the Skies.Iturbe has managed to capture much of the poetic beauty that was in TLP when writing about Saint-Exupery, especially his romance with Louise. As soon as I had read their love story and its demise, I knew immediately where the story of the rose came from and felt so much love, angst and so...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will be remembered in the history of literature as the writer of The Little Prince, but what else do we know about him? The Prince of the Skies by the bestseller Spanish author Antonio Iturbe, translated from Spanish by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites offers a different perspective into his life, both from the personal and professional point of view.´But I´m not a celebrity, I´m a pilot´.Indeed, Saint-Exupéry was a pilot, first and foremost. His aristocratic family - the ´de´ fro...

Thank you to Teen Ink and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Writer Antonio Iturbide and translator Lilit Thwaites combine their talents in the quiet and yet sweeping tale of friendship, purpose, and change that is The Prince of the Skies. Long before writing The Little Prince, Antoine Saint-Exupéry is an aviator whose love of flying is matched only by his hopeless inability to adhere to the rules of a strict military environment. After crashing a biplane...

‘The Prince of the Skies’ is a enthralling, magical tale that weaves the story of Antoine de Saint-Exupér, the author of the Little Prince and aviator extraordinaire, with that of the history of the period. Despite being a Count Antoine comes from humble beginning and finds the joy of the flying whilst in the military forces. He dances through the air, practicing tricks, flying to the limits of his aircraft. But at the same time he falls in love with a rich girl called Lou-Lou who insists he giv...