The Prince of the Skies

The famed writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry may be the title character in Antonio Iturbe’s The Prince of the Skies but his camaraderie with two other pioneering French pilots is what gets this novel airborne. That and its celebration of the sheer joy of flying…What you remember, though, even as fate catches up with Saint-Exupéry and his comrades, is the exhilaration they’ve known in the time they’ve spent aloft.New York Times

I adored the character of Antoine, a man who is ingenious when flying a plane and an idiot when it comes to love. The descriptions of the life-and-death scrapes he and his aviator colleagues get into are gripping, and there’s a vivid sense of the sheer thrill of flying. It’s spellbinding!Gill Paul, Bestselling author of The Secret Wife

The language is mesmerizing, so lyrical and poetic. What a beautiful, thought-provoking read.Jennifer Ryan, bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Kitchen Front

Iturbe exuberantly tells the story of author Antoine de Saint-Exupery and his passion for flying, poetry, and beautiful women. The author does a wonderful job of dramatizing how exhilarating and dangerous the early years of civil aviation were for a handful of bold and intrepid pilots. He also recreates in sparking fashion interwar French society. Saint-Ex, his colleagues, and their loves come to life in a novel that would do the author of The Little Prince proud.Publishers Weekly Starred Review