What book are you reading ...

[Banksy]

Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett.....cracking little tale!

Read that a while back , great read and now televised of course.

 

[Red & White]

Dark Fire - C.J. Sansom

Cracking series of books, I am currently reading Sacrilege by S.J Parris which is similar to the books written by C.J Sansom

 

[StroudGrecian]

Cracking series of books

Good, parts 3 and 4 arrived from Amazon yesterday.

 

[Mr Jinx]

A Farewell to Arms.

Finally getting round to it.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Be Careful What You Wish For.....Simon Jordans fascinating account of buying,owning then losing Crystal Palace Football Club...

 

[Redvee]

Not a book but a couple of magazines. Firstly United we Stand fanzine (mufc), the best fanzine still doing the rounds after 20 odd years, Also the Mersey Ale mag which is the regions CAMRA bi-monthly production free in all the real ale pubs.

 

[Stuffy]

Warburton's War by Tony Spooner DSO DFC

If there's a travesty it's that Wing Commander Adrian (Warby) Warburton DSO & Bar DFC & 2 Bars DFC (USA) never received the Victoria Cross he so richly deserved. Posted to a photo reconnaissance squadron in Malta in 1940 he soon made a name for himself by outscoring fighter pilots to become the highest scoring 'ace' on the island. The recce photo's he brought back were always of the highest order. Marshal Of the RAF Lord Tedder calling him the most valuable pilot in the RAF. He was also called by his contemporaries the " Lawrence of Arabia of the air."

Warby's P38 Lightning failed to return to RAF Mount Farm, Oxon, in april 1944. His crashed aircraft was only discoverd in Bavaria in 2003. Wing Commander Warburton was buried with full military honours at Durnbach War Cemetery.

 

[feverpitch]

Touching the Void. Joe Simpson.

 

[Shabba]

Andy Reid's autobiography, local man who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan. Went to his book launch the beginning of feb. Lovely bloke and inspirational. Finally got round to reading it as lent it to my brother first.

 

[StroudGrecian]

Sovereign - C.J. Sansom