

Before the war it was just a few of them who went sailing on the North Sea estuary in their little boat. Guy, who was so handsome and so good at everything; Matt, his younger brother, who was determined not to be a cripple; and Lizzie, their small shy cousin who adored them both...

Five children grow up together before World War II, but after the war begins they do not meet again until May 1940, on the desperate retreat from Dunkirk, when the Rose of England, the little ship, sails to the rescue.

