Derek Robinson je britský autor známý především svými vojenskými leteckými romány plnými černého humoru. Věnuje se také méně známým událostem z historie Bristolu, svého rodného města, a píše průvodce ragby. Jeho první román byl nominován na Bookerovu cenu v roce 1971. Robinsonova tvorba se vyznačuje pronikavým pohledem na lidskou povahu v extrémních situacích, často s využitím sarkasmu a ironie. Zkoumá témata odvahy, přátelství a absurdity války, přičemž si zachovává jedinečný styl a smysl pro napětí.
The narrative follows Dr. Derek J. Robinson's extraordinary path from his humble beginnings fishing in Louisiana to becoming an emergency room and helicopter flight physician in Chicago. It highlights his rise to leadership roles within some of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, showcasing the challenges and triumphs he faced along the way.
1973 was a big year for Bristol. It marked 600 years as a city and county. The thunder of civic self-congratulation was deafening. But Derek Robinson didn’t buy it. Not all of it, anyway. The born-and-bred Bristolian knew that during the past 600 years, the city and county had generated its fair share of blood and thunder. So he wrote this book, first published in 1973, to help balance the story. The result was a book that inspired a generation of young Bristolians. Robinson challenged the establishment narrative taught in the city’s schools that Edward Colston was a benefactor, that the slave trade wasn’t really that bad and that over the centuries the city had been run for the benefit of its people under the benign patronage of the Corporation and the Society Of Merchant Venturers. Tangent Books is proud to introduce A Shocking History Of Bristol to a new generation.
Bomber crews brave German flak and fighter planes as the fightback begins.
The Booker-shortlisted Royal Flying Corps classic, reissued for the 50th Anniversary of its first publication
A Classic Derek Robinson story: three groups of men converge for a final battle in the western desert during World War II. An SAS patrol travels through the Sahara to attack a German airbase hundreds of miles behind the lines; a German intelligence officer, with a personal grudge to settle, plans to play the SAS at their own game. And our old friends from Hornet Squadron (A PIECE OF CAKE) are overhead - only just - now committed to suicidal ground-attack missions to satisfy their commander's determination to keep his job. Note: First published in 1992.
With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.
