Overview

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 symbolise 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 a boy who wished he could have been a Second World War fighter pilot and who was later able to fly the aircraft that took his father into combat.

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Author:   Jonathan Glancey
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Imprint:   Atlantic Books
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9781838950699

ISBN 10:   1838950699
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 July 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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A wonderful book -- Rowland White Eclectic and entertaining -- Patrick Bishop * Literary Review * A drama that cannot help take wing. The elements still excite the imagination and raise the heart. -- Tom Fort * Sunday Telegraph * An authoritative and comprehensive tribute to a unique aircraft. -- Adrian Swire * Spectator * Hugely entertaining -- James Holland

A wonderful book -- Roland White Eclectic and entertaining -- Patrick Bishop * Literary Review * A drama that cannot help take wing. The elements still excite the imagination and raise the heart. -- Tom Fort * Sunday Telegraph * An authoritative and comprehensive tribute to a unique aircraft. -- Adrian Swire * Spectator * Hugely entertaining -- James Holland

Hugely entertaining -- James Holland An authoritative and comprehensive tribute to a unique aircraft. -- Adrian Swire * Spectator * A drama that cannot help take wing. The elements still excite the imagination and raise the heart. -- Tom Fort * Sunday Telegraph * Eclectic and entertaining -- Patrick Bishop * Literary Review * A wonderful book -- Rowland White

Author Information

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.

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