A Splendid Little War
$38.79
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2014
Summary
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) wanted to see Communism ‘strangled in its cradle’. So a volunteer R.A.F. squadron, flying Sopwith Camels, went there to duff up the Reds. ‘There’s a splendid little war going on,’ a British staff officer told them. ‘You’ll like it.’ Looked like fun.
But the war was neither splendid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780878096 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780878095 |
| Author: | Derek Robinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 123mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Brilliantly combines readability [and] pitch-black humour … A bitterly funny evocation of the lunacies of war’ Nick Rennison, BBC History. * BBC History *‘A cracking yarn … his attention to detail in action scenes cannot be faulted’ Tina Moran, Daily Express. * Daily Express *‘Robinson has a superlative talent for aerial combat … With such epic action, characters, plot and dialogue, it’s hard to believe that Robinson’s work has yet to be filmed’ Ian Irvine, Independent. * Independent *
About The Author
Derek Robinson
Derek Robinson was enlisted as a fighter plotter in the R.A.F. during his national service. He read History at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. His novel Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971. He lives in Bristol.
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