Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain’s Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944 - Softcover

Pugh, Peter

 
9781848319240: Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain’s Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944
Softcover
ISBN 10: 184831924X ISBN 13: 9781848319240
Verlag: Icon Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first forty years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce.

Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill and dedication that gave the world cars and aeroengines unrivalled in their excellence.

In 1915, 100 years ago, Royce produced the first of many aero engines, the Eagle, which proved itself in battle in the First World War. Twenty-five years later, the totemic Merlin was installed in the Spitfire and built in a race against time to help win the Battle of Britain.

With unrivalled access to the company's archives, this is a unique portrait of both an iconic name and of British industry at its best.

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Peter Pugh was educated at Oundle and Cambridge, where he read History. He has written more than 50 official histories, including The Magic of a Name, a three-volume history of Rolls-Royce. He lives in Cambridge and Norfolk.

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Verlag
Icon Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
184831924X
ISBN 13 
9781848319240
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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