History of the War in the Air 1914-1918: Illustrated Edition, 9781783462483
Hardcover
First aerial war account: heroes, machines, battles, and untimely end.

History of the War in the Air 1914-1918: Illustrated Edition

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  • Hardcover

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2014

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Summary

This magnificent and comprehensive volume was written in 1922 by Professor Walter Raleigh. Originally entitled The History of the War in the Air (Being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force) this all embracing and vital work features the most important account of the aerial battles, the men and the machines. Raleigh was Professor of English Literature at Glasgow University and Chair of English Literature at Oxford University. On the outbreak of the Great War he …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783462483
ISBN-10:1783462485
Author:Sir Walter Raleigh, Walter Raleigh
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Pen & Sword Military
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:1 August 2014
Weight:794g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh was an English scholar, poet and author. He was born in London in 1861. He was Professor of English Literature at Glasgow University and Chair of English Literature at Oxford University. On the outbreak of the Great War he turned to the war as his primary subject. His finest book on the subject is the first volume of The War in the Air (1922). Sadly, before he could begin work on the second volume he died from typhoid (contracted during a visit to the Near East) in 1922. Raleigh is buried at North Hinksey, near Oxford. Raleigh Park at North Hinksey, near Harcourt Hill where he lived from 1909 to his death, is named after him.

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