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Derek Robinson

    Derek Robinson est un auteur britannique célèbre pour ses romans d'aviation militaire, caractérisés par leur puissant humour noir. Son œuvre explore les aspects les plus crus de l'histoire, en particulier les événements moins discutés de sa ville natale, Bristol, et s'étend à des guides sur le rugby. Les récits de Robinson se distinguent par un examen aiguisé et souvent satirique de la nature humaine sous la contrainte. Il explore magistralement des thèmes tels que le courage, la camaraderie et les absurdités inhérentes au conflit, le tout transmis à travers une voix narrative distinctive et un sens captivant du rythme.

    Improbable MD
    Goshawk Squadron
    Damned Good Show
    A Good Clean Fight
    A Shocking History Of Bristol
    Piece of Cake
    • Piece of Cake

      • 720pages
      • 26 heures de lecture

      With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.

      Piece of Cake
      4,5
    • 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.

      A Shocking History Of Bristol
      4,0
    • A Good Clean Fight

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Dust, heat, thirst, flies - in a desert war, who needs enemies?

      A Good Clean Fight
      4,2
    • Damned Good Show

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Bomber crews brave German flak and fighter planes as the fightback begins.

      Damned Good Show
      3,9
    • Goshawk Squadron

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      The Booker-shortlisted Royal Flying Corps classic, reissued for the 50th Anniversary of its first publication

      Goshawk Squadron
      4,0
    • Improbable MD

      • 282pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      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.

      Improbable MD