Dieser Autor konzentriert sich auf persönliche Erfahrungen und Reflexionen, die aus Kriegskonflikten resultieren. Seine Werke erforschen Themen wie Überleben, Gefangenschaft und die psychologischen Auswirkungen bewaffneter Auseinandersetzungen. Durch sein Schreiben bietet er eine einzigartige Perspektive auf menschliche Widerstandsfähigkeit angesichts extremer Umstände. Seine Arbeiten sind zutiefst persönlich und vermitteln eine intensive emotionale Erfahrung.
Der hochwertige Nachdruck von 1786 bietet eine Sammlung biografischer und literarischer Anekdoten, die Einblicke in das Leben und Werk bedeutender Persönlichkeiten der damaligen Zeit gewährt. Diese Anekdoten sind nicht nur unterhaltsam, sondern auch lehrreich und reflektieren die kulturellen und historischen Kontexte der Epoche. Leser können sich auf faszinierende Geschichten und interessante Details freuen, die das literarische Erbe bereichern.
'All of Nichol's work is stamped by his desire to create texts that are engaging in themselves as well as in context, and to use indirect structural and textual devices to carry meaning. In The Martyrology different ways of speaking testify to a journey through different ways of being. Language is both the poet’s instructor and, through its various permutations, the dominant 'image' of the poem. The [nine] books of The Martyrology document a poet’s quest for insight into himself and his writing through scrupulous attention to the messages hidden in the morphology of his own speech.’ � Frank Davey
"From John Nichol, the author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command , described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives , as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany"--Publisher's description
(Previously published as 'After the Flood') Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. RAF 617 Squadron's destruction of the dams at the heart of the Ruhr made them heroes and celebrities of their time. But this elite squadron was also called upon for a hundred more of the most secret and dangerous specialist precision attacks. As bestselling author John Nichol discovers, 617 would drop the largest bombs ever built on battleships, railway bridges, secret weapon establishments, rockets sites and U-boat construction pens. They were involved in attempts on the lives of enemy leaders, both Hitler and Mussolini, created a 'false fleet' on D-day which fooled the Germans, and knocked out a German super gun which would have rained 600 shells an hour on London. Of the 77 men who made it home from dams raid, only 45 survived to see the victory for which they fought - as 617's reputation called them into action again and again.
In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over the southern coast, confident his Messerchmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend: the Spitfire. ... Here are edge-of-the-seat tales and heartstopping first-hand accounts of battling pilots, some forced to bail out over enemy territory ; of sacrifice and wartime love ; of aristocratic female flyers ; of the mechanics who braved the Nazi onslaught to keep the aircraft in battle-ready condition
After the famous dams raid, thousands of equally daring missions were flown in
WWII by 617 Squadron. Find out about them here, from former RAF Tornado
Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol.
