Derek Robinson es un autor británico célebre por sus novelas de aviación militar, distinguidas por su potente humor negro. Su obra profundiza en los aspectos más crudos de la historia, particularmente en los eventos menos discutidos de su ciudad natal, Bristol, y se extiende a guías sobre rugby. Las narrativas de Robinson se caracterizan por un examen agudo y, a menudo, satírico de la naturaleza humana bajo coacción. Explora magistralmente temas de coraje, camaradería y las absurdidades inherentes al conflicto, todo ello transmitido a través de una voz narrativa distintiva y un sentido cautivador del ritmo.
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.
Dust, heat, thirst, flies - in a desert war, who needs enemies?
Bomber crews brave German flak and fighter planes as the fightback begins.
With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.
The Booker-shortlisted Royal Flying Corps classic, reissued for the 50th Anniversary of its first publication