![]() ![]() To see a map showing the trek, and for comments about the various stops along the way, refer to the link below. ![]() John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. ![]() By the time Howard and his flock of little ones reach the Channel, his plan of escaping on a fishing boat has become utterly impossible, and in their final confrontation with the invaders, all their lives are at stake. Nevil Shute’s classic Second World War novel is an uplifting, satisfying and moving story. They walk for miles in an endless river of refugees, strafed by German planes and hiding in barns at night. ![]() As Howard struggles to sneak across France, he picks up several more helpless children of various nationalities. However, the Nazi conquest of the Low Countries puts an end to that, and he is asked by friends to take their two children back to England.Ĭrossing France with his young charges seems simple enough at first-until the Germans invade, rendering them fugitives. In the Nevil Shute novel The Pied Piper, it is the spring of 1940 and John Sidney Howard wants nothing more than to enjoy his fishing holiday in southern France in peace and quiet. ![]()
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