Empire Of The Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled The World

Author: James Hamilton-Paterson

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  • : $9.99 AUD
  • : 9780571247950
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
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  • : 0.261
  • : April 2011
  • : 198mm X 126mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2011
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  • : James Hamilton-Paterson
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  • : English
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Description

Just what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age? In this book, the author fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline - its loss of self confidence and power.

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A brilliant, nostalgic and provocative look at the golden age of British aircraft, from the post-war jet age to the recent sad decline.

Author description

James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of Gerontius, winner of a Whitbread Prize; Seven-Tenths: The Sea and its Thresholds; Playing With Water; and most recently, of the wild comic trilogy Cooking With Fernet Branca, Amazing Disgrace and Rancid Pansies. He is also an unabashed fan of great aircraft.