Zeppelin Onslaught: The Forgotten Blitz 1914–1915 Pictoral the 1995 Booker Prize-winning The

the 1995 Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road

One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century

by Hew Strachan

Adam Wait has not only provided a thoroughly annotated translation of Wir Flieger which retains the vividness of the author's original prose

examines the peace settlement he participated in

Zeppelin Onslaught: The Forgotten Blitz 1914–1915 Pictoral the 1995 Booker Prize-winning TheDescription by Ian Castle Hardcover At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defense capability worthy of the name. Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered of dubious value. So when raiding German aircraft finally appeared over Britain the response was negligible and ineffective. Of Britains fledgling air forces, the Royal Flying Corps had accompanied the British