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Crossing Continents: A History of Standard Chartered Bank by Duncan Campbell-Smith
Category: Popular History
A magnificent history of one of the world's most distinctive financial institutionsFor almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures- the S ...Show more
Jet Man: Frank Whittle's Battle to Revolutionise Flight by Duncan Campbell-Smith
Category: Biography
The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. In 1985 Hans von Ohain, the scientist who pioneered Nazi Germany's efforts to build a jet plane, posed the question: 'Would World War II have occured if the Luftwaffe knew it faced operational B ...Show more
Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution by Duncan Campbell-Smith
Category: Biography Memoir
The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. In 1929, a twenty-two-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered ...Show more
Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail by Duncan Campbell-Smith
Category: History
The origins of the Post Office go back to the early years of the Tudor monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was acknowledged as the first 'Master of the Posts' by Cardinal Wolsey in 1512, and went on to build up a network of 'postmasters' across England for Henry VIII. Over the fol ...Show more
Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail by Duncan Campbell-Smith
Category: History
"Vivid, detailed, colourful ...a first-class history ...all sorts of delights leap out of these pages". ("Daily Telegraph"). From the very first master of the post in 1512 to the vast network of today, the Royal Mail is an intrinsic part of everyday life in Britain. This book tells its extraordinary sto ...Show more
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