Dilip Sarkar

Broschiertes Buch

Hearts of Oak

The Human Tragedy of HMS Royal Oak

Beschreibung

The story of the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak by German submarine which cost the lives of 833 Royal Navy sailors.

Autor

Dilip Sarkar is retired policeman and a deep wreck diver who has dived the German naval wrecks at Orkney on several occasions. He is the author of over 20 history books and in 2003 was made an MBE for services to aviation history. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society in 2006. His other books include THE FEW: THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN THE WORDS OF THE PILOTS ('A well-researched, detailed chronicle of the Battle of Britain - written by the men who fought so bravely to repulse the German raiders' HUGH SEBAG-MONTEFIORE), THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC KALEIDOSCOPE ('An excellent book' LADY BADER), BADER'S TANGMERE SPITFIRES ('A most diligent and carefully researched account' JOHNNIE JOHNSON, the RAF's top scoring fighter ace in WW2), FIGHTER PILOT ('This book deserves to achieve success' DAME VERA LYNN), LAST OF THE FEW: 18 BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER PILOTS TELL THEIR EXTRAORDINARY STORIES and (as editor) BRIAN LANE: SPITFIRE: THE EXPERIENCES OF A BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER PILOT ('A very fine and vivid account' MAX ARTHUR). He lives in Worcester.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781848689442
• ISBN-10: 1848689446
• Artikelnr.: 28995229