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Spitfire: The Biography

Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's



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Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940.

Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men & women who flew it & supported its development, & of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft & the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. 

It is also about the ways in which the sight, sound & fury of this lithe & legendary fighter continue to stir the public imagination worldwide more than eighty years on.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781838950699
• Author: Jonathan Glancey
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm

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