Fair Stood the Wind for France

Fair Stood the Wind for France
First US edition
AuthorH. E. Bates
Cover artistNicholas Panesis
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMichael Joseph (UK)
Little Brown (US)
Publication date
1944
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
OCLC220638129
Preceded byHow Sleep the Brave (1943) 
Followed byThe Cruise of the Breadwinner (1946) 

Fair Stood the Wind for France is a novel written by English author H. E. Bates. The novel was first published in 1944 and was Bates's first financial success. The title comes from the first line of "Agincourt", a poem by Michael Drayton (1563–1631).[1]