Written by a group of internationally renowned scholars, the Oxford Guides to Chaucer offer complete summaries of all that is known about Chaucer's work and include fresh interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. Providing essential and up-to-date information on dating and sources, and original analyses of thematic issues, structure, style, rhetoric, and generic relations, the Guides will inspire readers to find new ideas and meaning in Chaucer's works. This premier volume, easily the most comprehensive single-volume guide to The Canterbury Tales available, brings together a wide range of disparate material, including useful commentary on all aspects of the work. Sure to establish itself as the standard guide to Chaucer's Tales, the book throws new light on the work as a whole, critically discusses each individual tale, and provides a survey of literary responses to the Tales over the two centuries following Chaucer's death.

Product Description: • Over 100 historic photographs most previously unpublished from veterans own personal collections. • ‘A new and excellent book. Sarkar has, for many years, interviewed veterans and analyzed the records of the air war in WW2...read more

The Spitfire is indelibly etched in the annals of history as the most famous fighter plane ever built. However, the legendary aircraft is not merely one design -- it is an amalgamation of many changes and refinements that resulted in unique characteristics for each version. Best-selling aviation historian Alfred Price has created a classic using a collection of vintage photographs and interviews with those involved in the design, construction, and testing of the Spitfire, to bring the fascinating history of this mighty fighter to life.

Product Description: Operation Big Ben was one of the best kept secrets of World War II. Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports, and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Spitfire to dive-bomb VI and VII rocket sights towards the end of the war, the story is at last fully told...read more

Product Description: Supermarine Spitfire is today seen as one of the greatest fighter aircraft ever built. Go to any airshow and there will be airframes powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin. Some will be Mustangs, possibly a Lancaster, even a Hawker Hurricane, however it is likely that the carrier of the engine will be a Supermarine Spitfire...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Canadians flew Spitfires in over a dozen RCAF fighter squadrons and in RAF squadrons in every theatre of war. These are the first-person accounts of Canadians who saw that action first-hand. According to Wing Commander James E. "Stocky" Edwards, "Canadian Spitfire pilots were among the best in the Allied Air Forces...read more

Product Description: A study of the RAF's non-stop offensive of 1941. It provides information on Douglas Bader, the fighter pilot of World War II, and aims to dispel many of the myths that have arisen about him. The book includes reports from the Luftwaffe side and details of the recovery of Bader's Spitfire...read more

Product Description: Written by a group of internationally renowned scholars, the Oxford Guides to Chaucer offer complete summaries of all that is known about Chaucer's work and include fresh interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding...read more

Describes the development of the Spitfire fighter plane, shares the reminiscences of Spitfire pilots, and includes a chronology for the Battle of Britain

Product Description: Book by Brown, David