Product Description

The Battle of Britain has become a symbol of British victory and German defeat. However, the War did not end in September 1940. The battle for survival continued day and night and one of the crucial weapons instrumental in securing that survival was Britain’s Royal Air Force.

Critical to the aircraft of the RAF was the Merlin engine developed by Rolls-Royce under the inspired leadership of Ernest, later Lord, Hives. This is the story of that man’s immense contribution, told by acclaimed historian Peter Pugh together with Sir Ian Lloyd, who wrote The Merlin at War in the late 1940s.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #208174 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 244 pages

About the Author
Sir Ian Lloyd was educated at Michaelhouse and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and King's College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Cambridge Union. He wrote a history of Rolls-Royce for his Ph.D. thesis and this was published by Macmillan in 1978. Sir Ian enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a Conservtive Member of Parliament.

Peter Pugh is the author of over 40 books on business including the first book about the Guinness scandal of the 1980s and an official three-volume history of Rolls Royce. He has also written titles for Icon's Introducing series on John Maynard Keynes and Margaret Thatcher.

Customer Reviews

interesting, but thin on Hives himself.
It's an easy read, some interesting tidbits, but definately NOT a book about Hs the man, nor Hs the manager.