The navigation log

"Follows the lives of identical twin brothers Tom and William, born at the end of World War I, as they take divergent paths--Tom becoming a Spitfire pilot and William a schoolteacher--only to converge one last time at Canterbury Cathedral."@en
"Follows the lives of identical twin brothers Tom and William, born at the end of World War I, as they take divergent paths--Tom becoming a Spitfire pilot and William a schoolteacher--only to converge one last time at Canterbury Cathedral."
"In 1918, when they were born, the housemaid tied luggage labels around Tom's ankle. It was the only way to tell him and William apart. The twins remained identical but were, naturally, completely different. Tom thrilled to the vision of the aeroplane soaring in the sky, while William favoured the power of verse, of Tennyson and G.M. Hopkins. Both poetry, looping over England. Then the war comes. Tom, an apprentice engineer, becomes a Spitfire pilot. As England grows darker he feels himself part of something huge, beyond himself. As Tom climbs into his plane, William embarks on a lunatic pilgrimage to Canterbury, both walking steadfastly into danger for the safety of their souls."@en