This is a follow on book about the authors later years in the RAF flying the amazing tornado.
It had me gripped from the start and takes the reader on a journey through the conversion to tornados and what it was like to fly from a cockpit perspective.
Anyone who enjoys a real flying book will kot be disappointed with this rare gem.
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Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders
This is a follow on book about the authors later years in the RAF flying the amazing tornado.
It had me gripped from the start and takes the reader on a journey through the conversion to tornados and what it was like to fly from a cockpit perspective.
Anyone who enjoys a real flying book will kot be disappointed with this rare gem.
Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R23ZXSZ9N6X5CN?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp]here[/link]
Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders
A superbly presented, impressively informative, exhaustively researched and meticulously documented study, "Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography" by Anthony Burton is a very special and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library 18th Century biography collections. Enhanced for academia with the inclusion of a two page Select Bibliography, eight pages of Notes, and a five page Bibliography.
Read the full review [link=http://midwestbookreview.com/lbw/jan_20.htm#Biography]here[/link]
Midwest Book Review
A superbly presented, impressively informative, exhaustively researched and meticulously documented study, "Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography" by Anthony Burton is a very special and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library 18th Century biography collections. Enhanced for academia with the inclusion of a two page Select Bibliography, eight pages of Notes, and a five page Bibliography.
Read the full review [link=http://midwestbookreview.com/lbw/jan_20.htm#Biography]here[/link]
Midwest Book Review
There are a couple of sets of archive photos included and the level of detail within the text, especially with the individual stories of pilots and aircrew and their experiences which make good reading, and for many of them, what I think is an appropriate memorial to the sacrifice that many of them made in their dedication to get their cargo delivered. If you have an interest in Market Garden, then I think this is one you should read.
Read the full review [link=https://www.militarymodelscene.com/pands-airmen-of-arnhem]here[/link]
Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland
There are a couple of sets of archive photos included and the level of detail within the text, especially with the individual stories of pilots and aircrew and their experiences which make good reading, and for many of them, what I think is an appropriate memorial to the sacrifice that many of them made in their dedication to get their cargo delivered. If you have an interest in Market Garden, then I think this is one you should read.
Read the full review [link=https://www.militarymodelscene.com/pands-airmen-of-arnhem]here[/link]
Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland
Hats off to Frontline Books for reprinting this little-known story of the Danes under German occupation during the Second World War. The Danish Resistance, the Modstandsbev?gelsen, was not a meek canary, but a dangerous and courageous bird of prey that refused to be caged. The scale of the resistance is without equal: twenty-six million issues of illegal newspapers had been published by 1945; radio guides for Allied aircraft had been set up on the coasts; boat services ran between Sweden, Denmark and Britain; a news bureau provided a stream of inside information to the Allies; German ships were unable to move out of the ports; and enemy troops were frustrated by the sabotage of railways and air bases. A thrilling story of heroism and daring.
See the full review [link=https://julianstockwin.com/2019/12/11/yuletide-selection-ii/]here[/link]
Julian Stockwin Blog
Hats off to Frontline Books for reprinting this little-known story of the Danes under German occupation during the Second World War. The Danish Resistance, the Modstandsbev?gelsen, was not a meek canary, but a dangerous and courageous bird of prey that refused to be caged. The scale of the resistance is without equal: twenty-six million issues of illegal newspapers had been published by 1945; radio guides for Allied aircraft had been set up on the coasts; boat services ran between Sweden, Denmark and Britain; a news bureau provided a stream of inside information to the Allies; German ships were unable to move out of the ports; and enemy troops were frustrated by the sabotage of railways and air bases. A thrilling story of heroism and daring.
See the full review [link=https://julianstockwin.com/2019/12/11/yuletide-selection-ii/]here[/link]
Julian Stockwin Blog
Author as seen on
BBC Breakfast, 10/12/19
Author as seen on
BBC Breakfast, 10/12/19
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Carve Her Name With Pride
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris Iin 1921 to an English motor-car dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First… Read more...
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Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as “The Colossus of Roads”. He was responsible for some of the great works of the age, such as the suspension bridge across the Menai Straits and the mighty… Read more...
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Before Action
William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write. The Great War made his reputation as a poet but it also killed him. This groundbreaking biography traces his path through the pre-war world and explores why he set his own hopes and plans aside to join the army. His story is personal but it evokes the experience of a generation.… Read more...
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The Last Great Cavalryman
Nearly 70 years have passed since October 1944 when Dick McCreery became the third and final Commander of the legendary Eighth Army in Italy – in succession to Monty and Oliver Leese. With his outstanding record as a fighting soldier and armoured tactician, it was no surprise to anyone that he was to be hugely successful. McCreery was commissioned… Read more...
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Winged Scalpel
In this fast paced narrative, ex-SAS surgeon Richard Villar provides 'a very personal insight into the difficulties, dangers and occasional virtual impossibility of providing medical aid to disaster areas and war zones. He shares his remarkable experiences in the aftermath of three major earthquakes – Kashmir (2005), Java (2006) and Haiti (2010)… Read more...
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The Sterling Redemption
The untold true story of James Edmiston who suffered an extraordinary miscarriage of justice in 1983 when senior officials blocked vital witnesses coming to his trial which led to a personal tragedy; a broken marriage, and the loss of a business. The Sterling Redemption explains how he was wrongly charged with alleged illegal exports to Iraq, and then… Read more...
Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded in this well-written, candid and perceptive memoir the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago. As an impressionable teenager, fired with national pride, he was eager to join the army and fight for his country. He enlisted in the… Read more...
This is the story of Brigadier Peter Young (1915-1988), a highly decorated soldier who was one of the founding members of 3 Commando, rising during WWII from 2 Lt to Brigadier in the space of 6 years. His battle honours include Vaagso, Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Burma. A career soldier, he returned to his parent regiment, the Beds and Herts,… Read more...
