Spitfire (eBook)

The Biography

Jonathan Glancey (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-0-85789-510-3 (ISBN)

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Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. It is also about the ways in which the sight, sound and fury of this lithe and legendary fighter continue to stir the public imagination worldwide more than eighty years on.

Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of the Guardian and Independent newspapers. He is also a steam locomotive enthusiast and pilot. A frequent broadcaster, his books include the bestselling Spitfire: The Biography; Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier;Tornado: 21st Century Steam; The Story of Architecture and The Train: An Illustrated History.

Autor

Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of the Guardian and Independent newspapers. He is also a steam locomotive enthusiast and pilot. A frequent broadcaster, his books include Concorde, Harrier, Giants of Steam, the bestselling Spitfire: The Biography, Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier,Tornado: 21st Century Steam, The Story of Architecture, The Train: An Illustrated History and The Journey Matters.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 40 b&w integrated photographs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Aircraft • Antony Beevor • aviation • Battle of Britain • Concorde • Engineering • First World War • first world war books • Harrier • History • History books • james holland • john nicol • Kevin Wilson • Max Hastings • military history • Patrick Bishop • RAF • Railways • Royal Navy • Second World War • Second world war books • Spitfire • Technology • war • war books • World History • world history books • World War 1 • world war 1 books • World War 2 • world war 2 books • World War I • world war i books • World War II • World War II books • World War Two • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-85789-510-9 / 0857895109
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85789-510-3 / 9780857895103