Tim Rice
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
Fighter Boys: Saving Britain
By Patrick Bishop
HarperCollins 420pp £20
THIS IS THE story of the young men in Hurricanes and Spitfires who won the Battle of Britain in 1940. It is a story of great bravery, patriotism, and triumph against the odds. It is also a story of naivety, tragic errors, friendly fire, media spin and the other realities of winning a war.
Patrick Bishop describes the rapid development of combat in the air during the First World War, when barely a decade after the Wright Brothers' tentative first liftoff in 1903. the Sotlwith Camels and Bristol Scouts of the Royal Flying Corps fought gentlemanly airborne duels with Manfield von Richthofen and his
Sign Up to our newsletter
Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more.@Lit_Review
Follow Literary Review on Twitter
Twitter Feed
Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism.
@PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right.
Peter York - Deluxe Editions
Peter York: Deluxe Editions - When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Graydon Carter
literaryreview.co.uk
Henry James returned to America in 1904 with three objectives: to see his brother William, to deliver a series of lectures on Balzac, and to gather material for a pair of books about modern America.
Peter Rose follows James out west.
Peter Rose - The Restless Analyst
Peter Rose: The Restless Analyst - Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age by Peter Brooks...
literaryreview.co.uk
Vladimir Putin served his apprenticeship in the KGB toward the end of the Cold War, a period during which Western societies were infiltrated by so-called 'illegals'.
Piers Brendon examines how the culture of Soviet spycraft shaped his thinking.
Piers Brendon - Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll
Piers Brendon: Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll - The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker
literaryreview.co.uk