Vince Petrie

This is an interesting story. But the book leaves a lot to be desired. First of all, the airplane pictured on the cover is not the type that made Roland Garros famous. It's a Spad, not a Morane-Saulnier. There are absolutely no photographs in the book, even though the author refers to several photographs that were taken of Roland Garros. The book reads almost like a children's book. The author embellishes the story with a lot of speculation and imaginary dialogue in what appears to be an attempt to fill out a lack of available factual information. Also, there are no notes and a very limited bibliography to support the author’s story. There are numerous editing errors including extra words, missing words, words in the wrong order and incorrect paragraph formation. The editor must have been asleep on the job. There are also several contradictions in the story. On page 15 the author writes that in early April 1915, “At that time, the entire French Air Force had recorded only six downed enemy planes…”. But then on page 277 the author writes that on April 15, 1915, “At this time, the entire French Air Force had managed to down five German planes.”.