PublishedHodder Paperbacks, December 1999 |
ISBN9780340766187 |
FormatSoftcover, 1248 pages |
Dimensions19.6cm × 13cm × 6.2cm |
Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters. Two of them, both Europeans, have Iranian wives whom they love beyond safety and politics.