Bøker av John Sweetman

The full story of one of the UKs most influential aeronautical engineers, an individual who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters.

Dr John Sweetman has delved into his remarkable archive of material to present an unseen view of the Dambusters, for the historian or general reader, for the very first time.

The bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for legends. This book details the suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, the reports made by the first real war correspondent, William Russell of the Times and the deeds of Florence Nightingale.

* The paperback of the 2003 Sunday Times bestseller

The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before - the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they affected the visual arts of the west and particularly the English-speaking peoples.

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A unique account of the lives and raids of British bomber crews during the Second World War, based on original research and written by the bestselling author of THE DAMBUSTERS.