17 Ebooks von Derek Robinson
Derek Robinson: Why 1914?
Short, brisk and highly readable, this account stands out from the flood of books written for the Centenary of the Great War. In Why 1914?, Derek Robinson – trained as a historian, shortlisted for …
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Derek Robinson: Good Clean Fight
North Africa, 1942. Dust, heat, thirst, flies. A good clean fight, for those who like that sort of thing, and some do. From an advanced landing field, striking hard and escaping fast, our old friends …
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Derek Robinson: Damned Good Show
They joined an R.A.F. known as ‚the best flying club in the world‘, but when war pitches the young pilots of 409 Squadron into battle over Germany, their training, tactics and equipment are soon …
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Derek Robinson: Hullo Russia, Goodbye England
Flight Lieutenant Silk, a twice-decorated Lancaster pilot in WW II, rejoins the R.A.F. and qualifies to fly the Vulcan bomber. Piloting a Vulcan is an unforgettable experience: no other aircraft …
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Derek Robinson: Piece of Cake
From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane’s …
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Derek Robinson: War Story
Fresh from school in June 1916, Lieutenant Oliver Paxton’s first solo flight is to lead a formation of biplanes across the Channel to join Hornet Squadron in France. Five days later, he crash-lands …
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Derek Robinson: Hornet’s Sting
It’s 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot’s life is usually short, so …
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Derek Robinson: Eldorado Network
1941. Hitler rampant. Spain neutral. Madrid, like Casablanca, the launching pad for spies from all sides. The most daring and audacious is codenamed ‚Eldorado‘. Young, inexperienced, hotheaded, he …
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Derek Robinson: Artillery of Lies
1943. British Intelligence has finally got to grips with the Eldorado Network, Germany’s most successful spy ring. It turns out to be one man in a small room in Lisbon, inventing phoney (but …
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Derek Robinson: Red Rag Blues
It’s 1953, and Luis Cabrillo has burned through the small fortune he earned from both British and German Intelligence in WW2. Now he has only his wits, his confidence, and his dazzling skills at …
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Derek Robinson: Operation Bamboozle
From 1941 to 1943 it was the Germans. Then it was the turn of the British. Come the Cold War, he’s conning Mc Carthy. Now he’s going head to head with the L.A. mob. For high-stakes con artist Luis …
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Derek Robinson: Goshawk Squadron
World War One pilots were the knights of the sky, and the press and public idolised them as gallant young heroes. At just twenty-three, Major Stanley Woolley is the old man and commanding officer of …
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Derek Robinson: Splendid Little War
The war to end all wars, people said in 1918. Not for long. By 1919, White Russians were fighting Bolshevik Reds for control of their country, and Winston Churchill (then Secretary of State for War) …
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Derek Robinson & Simon Robinson: Year with Rudolf Nureyev
Here, for the first time, is an intimate and fascinating portrait of Rudolf Nureyev off-stage – a man who was an exacting, unpredictable, parsimonious and often immature individual, yet who, at the …
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Derek Robinson: Kentucky Blues
Rock Springs, Kentucky. A backwater miles from civilisation, but so far upstream that the riverboats can go no further, and with plenty of farmland there for the taking. Among the pioneers who choose …
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Derek Robinson: Rotten With Honour
Mikhail Starin, Head of Soviet Intelligence in London, is a ruthless, cold-hearted individual. Known to have killed 24 people, including his own mother, he’s now determined to get his hands on a …
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Derek Robinson: Kramer’s War
Jersey, 1944. Lieutenant Earl Kramer, sole survivor of a ditched USAF bomber, crawls out of the sea one night and cuts the throat of a German sentry. Big mistake. Jersey is under Nazi occupation, and …
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