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Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography

Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography

by JonathanGlancey (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

    $4.25
Synopsis

Jonathan Glancey's critically acclaimed and bestselling "Spitfire" is now available in a beautiful, large format, full colour illustrated edition for Christmas 2008."Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography" is quite simply the most beautiful book of its kind. It is a soaring celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered them.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 1843547996
ISBN 13: 9781843547990

Media Reviews
Superbly readable. -- Giles Whittell * The Times *
A drama that cannot help take wing. The elements still excite the imagination and raise the heart. -- Tom Fort * Sunday Telegraph *
A book not only for aviation enthusiasts but also for anyone interested in 20th-century military history, in technical genius or indeed in the heroic and inventive nature of mankind... Jonathan Glancey can be proud of this authoritative and comprehensive tribute to a unique aircraft. -- Adrian Swire * Spectator *
An entrancing read, a love letter to one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. -- Gary Sheffield * BBC History Magazine *
A wonderful book. -- Rowland White
Author Bio
Jonathan Glancey is the architecture and design editor of the Guardian. He is also a pilot. A frequent broadcaster, his books include The Story of Architecture and The Train: An Illustrated History.