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The life and genius of Henry Royce, the outstanding, retiring, and often tyrannical founder of Rolls-Royce. Henry Royce was born in 1863 in most modest circumstances when the internal combustion engine was yet to be invented and 40 years were to pass before mans' first powered flight. Despite having just two years' formal education, supplemented at 14 by three years' apprenticeship at the Great Northern Railway Works before being curtailed by lack of funds, in 1881 he succeeded in finding work in the infant electronic industry. By 1884 this brilliant, committed man had branched out on his own, with just £20 capital. From there on, his ferocious work schedules and unbending urge for perfection led to the establishment of Rolls-Royce and the design of superlative cars, followed by aero engines, which would be the finest of their kind in two world wars and set a gold-standard for future aspirants. AUTHOR: Peter Reese spent his career in HM Forces, and since retiring has been a full-time writer, his books including a Scottish best-seller, Transforming the Skies, In Turbulent Skies, and The Flying Cowboy: The Story of Samuel Cody, Britain's First Airman for The History Press. He lives in Aldershot. 100 b/w illustrations

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A 'must read' for anybody interested in motorways, aviation and engineering. -- P C Ruffles * Royal Aeronautical Society *

"""A 'must read' for anybody interested in motorways, aviation and engineering."" -- P C Ruffles * Royal Aeronautical Society * ""Here, Peter Reese tells the story of Frederick Henry Royce, who, despite two years of formal education and his father dying in the poorhouse when he was nine years old, built the company form nothing."" * This England * Feature in Country Life magazine * Country Life magazine * ""Eminently readable, fascinating and quite readable..."" * Auto Express *"

A 'must read' for anybody interested in motorways, aviation and engineering. -- P C Ruffles * Royal Aeronautical Society * Here, Peter Reese tells the story of Frederick Henry Royce, who, despite two years of formal education and his father dying in the poorhouse when he was nine years old, built the company form nothing. * This England *

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After a career in HM Forces, PETER REESE is now a full-time author of military history. His books on aviation include the acclaimed biography The Flying Cowboy: The Story of Samuel Cody, Britain’s First Airman (The History Press)

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