Author: David Isby
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 074812361X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people that created them: Willy Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and admiration for Hitler; R.J. Mitchell, his brilliant British counterpart, who struggled against illness to complete the design of the Spitfire. In fascinating detail, David Isby describes the crucial role the two opposed planes played, from the drawing boards to Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain to the final battles over Germany.
The Decisive Duel
Author: David Isby
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 074812361X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people that created them: Willy Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and admiration for Hitler; R.J. Mitchell, his brilliant British counterpart, who struggled against illness to complete the design of the Spitfire. In fascinating detail, David Isby describes the crucial role the two opposed planes played, from the drawing boards to Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain to the final battles over Germany.
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 074812361X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people that created them: Willy Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and admiration for Hitler; R.J. Mitchell, his brilliant British counterpart, who struggled against illness to complete the design of the Spitfire. In fascinating detail, David Isby describes the crucial role the two opposed planes played, from the drawing boards to Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain to the final battles over Germany.
Organization and Tactics
Author: Arthur Lockwood Wagner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Arbitration (International law)
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbitration (International law)
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
The War in South Africa
Author: Prussia (Germany). Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II.
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Boer War
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Boer War
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Conquest
Author: Andrea Frediani
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788547012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
The final, gripping, instalment in The Invincibles series. Octavian has revenged Caesar's name, and defeated the pirate Sextus Pompeius, but now he must ensure his complete rule of Rome. He feels the potential of betrayal around every corner: from his wife Livia, to his best friends and allies Maecenas and Agrippa. He needs heirs, and he needs security, but he has the shadow of Mark Anthony breathing down his neck from Egypt. Will Octavian succeed in this, the definitive duel for the Empire of Rome, or will he destroy everything he's achieved in the process?
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788547012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
The final, gripping, instalment in The Invincibles series. Octavian has revenged Caesar's name, and defeated the pirate Sextus Pompeius, but now he must ensure his complete rule of Rome. He feels the potential of betrayal around every corner: from his wife Livia, to his best friends and allies Maecenas and Agrippa. He needs heirs, and he needs security, but he has the shadow of Mark Anthony breathing down his neck from Egypt. Will Octavian succeed in this, the definitive duel for the Empire of Rome, or will he destroy everything he's achieved in the process?
Littell's Living Age
Author: Eliakim Littell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
The Living Age
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Littell's Living Age
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486203077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twelve supernatural tales are accompanied by a discussion of Collins' life and literary achievements
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486203077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twelve supernatural tales are accompanied by a discussion of Collins' life and literary achievements
Shakespeare's Early History Plays
Author: Dominique Goy-Blanquet
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198119876
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Like many of his fellow playwrights, Shakespeare turned to national history for inspiration. In this study, Dominique Goy-Blanquet provides a close comparison of the Henry VI plays and Richard III with their historical and theatrical sources, demonstrating how Shakespeare was able to meet not only the ideological but also the technical problems of turning history into drama, how by cutting, carving, shaping, casting his unwieldy material into performable plays, he matured into the most influential dramatist and historian of his time. Recent criticism of Shakespeare's history plays has often consisted of fierce arguments over their ideological import and Shakespeare's position on the spectrum of current political opinions. This book, however, stems from the belief that a more constructive starting point for research is the exploration of the technical problems raised by turning heavy narratives into performable plays, rather than the political motives that could inpire a playwright's representation of national history. Illuminating and instructive, Shakespeare's Early History Plays includes not only close investigation of the verbal, poetic, and political texture of the plays, but also provides a broad overview of the wider sixteenth-century historiographical contexts of the plays, and their significance to Shakespeare's oeuvre more generally.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198119876
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Like many of his fellow playwrights, Shakespeare turned to national history for inspiration. In this study, Dominique Goy-Blanquet provides a close comparison of the Henry VI plays and Richard III with their historical and theatrical sources, demonstrating how Shakespeare was able to meet not only the ideological but also the technical problems of turning history into drama, how by cutting, carving, shaping, casting his unwieldy material into performable plays, he matured into the most influential dramatist and historian of his time. Recent criticism of Shakespeare's history plays has often consisted of fierce arguments over their ideological import and Shakespeare's position on the spectrum of current political opinions. This book, however, stems from the belief that a more constructive starting point for research is the exploration of the technical problems raised by turning heavy narratives into performable plays, rather than the political motives that could inpire a playwright's representation of national history. Illuminating and instructive, Shakespeare's Early History Plays includes not only close investigation of the verbal, poetic, and political texture of the plays, but also provides a broad overview of the wider sixteenth-century historiographical contexts of the plays, and their significance to Shakespeare's oeuvre more generally.