Spitfire by Leo Mckinstry
The gripping saga of the plane that carried Britain through the Second World War.
Praise for ROSEBERY: **
Stunning ... As well as being meticulously researched, it is beautifully written and has tremendous pace * Literary Review *
Absorbing ... McKinstry has here proved himself to be a first-class historical biographer * Mail on Sunday *
With masterly skill and sympathy, Leo McKinstry resurrects him as the Hamlet of late Victorian England * Daily Mail *
An authoritative and original biography which is also a riveting read' * Spectator *
Superbly well-researched and well-written ... A truly first-class addition to the genre of Prime Ministerial biography * Sunday Telegraph *
'An absolutely wonderful biography ... gripping and entertaining' * Evening Standard *
'A first class biography, scholarly, judicious and always interesting' * Glasgow Herald *
'Remarkable' * Country Life *
'Judicious, well-researched and engrossing' * Sunday Times *
'This is undoubtably the definitive biography of Rosebery. Written with elegance, clarity and well-judged colour' * Jonathan Parry, Times Literary Supplement *
'It does a wonderful job of conjuring up the lost world of late Victorian politics' * Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph *
'Admirable biography of a paradoxical figure whose tenure at No 10 was a disaster' * Jeremy Lewis, Sunday Times *
Stunning ... As well as being meticulously researched, it is beautifully written and has tremendous pace * Literary Review *
Absorbing ... McKinstry has here proved himself to be a first-class historical biographer * Mail on Sunday *
With masterly skill and sympathy, Leo McKinstry resurrects him as the Hamlet of late Victorian England * Daily Mail *
An authoritative and original biography which is also a riveting read' * Spectator *
Superbly well-researched and well-written ... A truly first-class addition to the genre of Prime Ministerial biography * Sunday Telegraph *
'An absolutely wonderful biography ... gripping and entertaining' * Evening Standard *
'A first class biography, scholarly, judicious and always interesting' * Glasgow Herald *
'Remarkable' * Country Life *
'Judicious, well-researched and engrossing' * Sunday Times *
'This is undoubtably the definitive biography of Rosebery. Written with elegance, clarity and well-judged colour' * Jonathan Parry, Times Literary Supplement *
'It does a wonderful job of conjuring up the lost world of late Victorian politics' * Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph *
'Admirable biography of a paradoxical figure whose tenure at No 10 was a disaster' * Jeremy Lewis, Sunday Times *
Leo McKinstry writes regularly for the Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator . He has also written five books including a study of the Labour Party and a best-selling biography of the footballing Charlton brothers. Born in Belfast he was educated in Ireland and at Cambridge University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719568756 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719568757 |
| Title | Spitfire |
| Author | Leo Mckinstry |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2008-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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