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Derek Robinson


Born
in BRISTOL, The United Kingdom
April 12, 1932

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Derek Robinson is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He has also written several books on some of the more sordid events in the history of Bristol, his home town, as well as guides to rugby. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1971 for his first novel, 'Goshawk Squadron.'

After attending Cotham Grammar School, Robinson served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter plotter, during his National Service. He has a History degree from Cambridge University, where he attended Downing College, has worked in advertising in the UK and the US and as a broadcaster on radio and television. He was a qualified rugby referee for over thirty years and is a life member of Bristol Society of Rugby Referees. He ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 4,675 ratings · 339 reviews · 71 distinct works • Similar authors
Piece of Cake
4.40 avg rating — 1,089 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions
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Goshawk Squadron
4.09 avg rating — 977 ratings — 40 editions
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A Good Clean Fight
4.21 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1993 — 22 editions
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War Story
4.21 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions
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Damned Good Show
4.10 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions
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Hornet's Sting
4.32 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
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Hullo Russia, Goodbye England
3.94 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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Splendid Little War
3.97 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions
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The Eldorado Network
3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1980 — 8 editions
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Invasion, 1940: The Truth A...
3.81 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
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“Up there the world is divided into bastards and suckers. Make your choice.”
― Derek Robinson, Piece of Cake
tags: aviation, history, warriors
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“U-boat commanders called this their `Happy Time'. Between January and July 1942 they sank 495 merchant
ships and 142 tankers, a total of 2,500,000 tons. Why did it take America so long to respond to such an obvious threat?”
― Derek Robinson, Invasion, 1940: Did the Battle of Britain Alone Stop Hitler?
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