2018, ISBN: 9780333746004

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Simon & Schuster UK. First Edition Spitfire: A Very British Love Story The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author … More...

Simon & Schuster UK. First Edition Spitfire: A Very British Love Story The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys. `A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine. By focussing on the men (and women) who flew the Spitfire, John Nichol has brought a fresh and powerful perspective to the story. And by recording their bravery, humility, camaraderie, tragedy and sheer joy in flying their beloved Spits he has done them - and us - a valuable service' Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 606 'A superb and compelling book. Brilliantly written with some incredible and astonishing stories; it is gripping, moving, emotional and sometimes humorous - just perfect' Squadron Leader (Ret) Clive Rowley, former Officer Commanding RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight 'A superb journey through the remarkable tale of that British icon, the Spitfire. Brilliantly and engagingly written, this is the most readable story of the aircraft and her pilots that I have ever had the pleasure to read in a period spanning some forty-odd years of personal study and research. Truly stunning.' Andy Saunders, Editor, Britain at War Magazine. 'This is not just a tale of heroism in the skies . . . This is a tale of victory . . . Magnificently told in lip-biting detail' - Daily Mail (The Red Line) The perfect complementary narrative to the bestselling memoir by Geoffrey Wellum - First Light. Achtung, Spitfire! The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter and its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, and why is it still so loved today? In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe had looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over her southern coast, confident his Messerschmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend - the Spitfire. Bestselling author John Nichol's passionate portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its many innovations and updates, and the people who flew and loved them, carries the reader beyond the dogfights over Kent and Sussex. Spanning the full global reach of the Spitfire's deployment during WWII, from Malta to North Africa and the Far East, then over the D-Day beaches, it is always accessible, effortlessly entertaining and full of extraordinary spirit. Here are edge-of-the-seat stories and heart-stopping first-hand accounts of battling pilots forced to bail out over occupied territory; of sacrifice and wartime love; of aristocratic female flyers, and of the mechanics who braved the Nazi onslaught to keep the aircraft in battle-ready condition. Nichol takes the reader on a hair-raising, nail-biting and moving wartime history of the iconic Spitfire populated by a cast of redoubtable, heroic characters that make you want to stand up and cheer. `A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine. By focussing on the men (and women) who flew the Spitfire, John Nichol has brought a fresh and powerful perspective to the story.' - Rowland White - author of Vulcan 607 . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2018., Simon & Schuster UK, 2018, 4.5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,scenic colour photographic illustrated front panel+spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,with gilt and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal,fore-edges less so and brighter but both or all clean - spotting and foxing-free; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w geographic map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+ 1- 355pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,15 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w scenic+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5 and pp260/1 respectively,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. For six years after reading the account of the British North African expedition of 1818-20,Justin Marozzi had longed to cross the Libyan Sahara by camel.Captivated by the beauty of this little-known country on his first visit to Tripoli,he vowed to return to explore its vast desert along the old slave trade routes.'South from Barbary' - as nineteenth-century Europeans knew North Africa - is the compelling story of his 1,5000-mile journey. Setting off from Tripoli,Marozzi and his travelling companion headed first to the ancient oasis and former slave market of Ghadames on an improbable mission to purchase five camels and find a guide willing to forgo the comfort of a four-wheel drive for the privations of an extended camel trek.The caravan of two explorers,five faithful camels and a series of idiosyncratic Touareg and Tubbu guides undertook a gruelling journey across some of the most inhospitable territory on earth, overcoming threats from Libyan officialdom and enduring the ancient, natural hardships of the desert. More than a travelogue,'South from Barbary' is a fascinating history of Saharan exploration and efforts by early British explorers to suppress the African slave trade,which many regarded as 'the most gigantic system of wickedness the world ever saw'.It evokes the poetry and solitude of the desert,the misery of the slave trade in action,the companionship of man and beast,the plight of a benighted nation and the humour and generosity of its resilient people. Author's debut book. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2001., 5, New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001. Soft cover. As New. As New; The handover of former British Hong Kong in 1997 and Portuguese Macao in 1999 to mainland China were the last acts in the continuous historical process of European decolonization or withdrawal from formal political control of overseas territories. The last decade of the 20th century was, however, unique in being the first in two millennia without a significant empire. This book sets out to explain why and how the European empires which were so prominent before the Second World War had all but disappeared only 30 years after that war ended in vicgtory for the major Western colonial powers., Palgrave, 2001, 5<

2001, ISBN: 9780333746004

buch. Decolonization Seit 1945: The Collapse Von Europäische Overseas EmpDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Überse… More...

buch. Decolonization Seit 1945: The Collapse Von Europäische Overseas EmpDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Sollten Sie irgendwelche Fragen haben, kontaktieren Sie uns.buchbuch Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Item Height 235mm Language English Author John Springhall Format Paperback Item Width 155mm Publication Name Decolonization since 1945: the Collapse of European Overseas Empires Item Weight 346g Publication Year 2001 Book Title Decolonization Since 1945 : The Collapse of European Overseas Emp Number of Pages 240 Pages Type Textbook Subject History , Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Artikelzustand: Gut, Höhe: 235mm, Sprache: Englisch, Format: Taschenbuch, Breite: 155mm, Publikationsname: Entkolonialisierung seit 1945: Der Zusammenbruch von europäischen, Gewicht: 346g, Buch Titel: Entkolonialisierung seit 1945 : Der Zusammenbruch von, Anzahl der Seiten: 240 Seiten, Produktart: Lehrbuch, Fach: Geschichte, Marke: Markenlos, EAN: 9780333746004, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001<

2001, ISBN: 0333746007

[EAN: 9780333746004], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Palgrave, New York, NY], HISTORY EUROPE EUROPEAN DECOLONIZATION COLONIES OF BRITAIN FRANCE PORTUGAL SOUTHEAST ASIA AFRICA CARRIBEAN POLITICA… More...

[EAN: 9780333746004], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Palgrave, New York, NY], HISTORY EUROPE EUROPEAN DECOLONIZATION COLONIES OF BRITAIN FRANCE PORTUGAL SOUTHEAST ASIA AFRICA CARRIBEAN POLITICAL CONTROL, As New; The handover of former British Hong Kong in 1997 and Portuguese Macao in 1999 to mainland China were the last acts in the continuous historical process of European decolonization or withdrawal from formal political control of overseas territories. The last decade of the 20th century was, however, unique in being the first in two millennia without a significant empire. This book sets out to explain why and how the European empires which were so prominent before the Second World War had all but disappeared only 30 years after that war ended in vicgtory for the major Western colonial powers., Books<