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Richard Hough

    May 15, 1922 – October 7, 1999

    This author delved into the depths of naval history, his work fueled by a lifelong obsession with navies. His writing is characterized by meticulous research and compelling narrative, bringing to life past maritime battles and figures. Through his extensive body of published work, he offers readers vivid portrayals of pivotal naval conflicts and the significant individuals who shaped them.

    Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma
    Death of the Battleship
    Mountbatten
    The Battle of Britain World War II
    Captain James Cook
    A History of Fighting Ships
    • Captain James Cook

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      In Cook's relatively short and adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific and the Arctic and Antarctic bringing about a new comprehension of the world's geography and its people's. He was the linking figure between the grey specualtion of the early eighteenth century and the industrial age of the first half of the nineteenth century. Richard Hough's biograpahy is full of new insights and interpretations of one of the world's greatest mariners.

      Captain James Cook1994
      4.2
    • The Battle of Britain World War II

      • 413 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Fifty years after the historic air battle between Germany and Great Britain, two historians collaborate to bring the battle to life again in an account of the turning point of World War II

      The Battle of Britain World War II1989
      3.9
    • Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma

      • 241 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Fascinating, elegant and wildly unconventional, Edwina was a countess of contrasts: a multi-millionairess who professed socialism and a republican who became Vicereine of India. She was adored by many, scandalising society by her affairs and later by her historic relationship with Nehru, first Prime Minister of India. Then suddenly, dramatically, Edwina abandoned her glittering lifestyle. Transforming herself into a latter-day Florence Nightingale, she astonished the world by her dedication to the relief of World War Two refugees. Her passionate concern for the underprivileged led her to travel ceaselessly throughout India and the Far East caring for the poor, until she drove herself to a tragically premature death in 1960.

      Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma1985
    • Mountbatten

      Hero of Our Time

      A biography of one of this century's most famous and most colorful figures, Lord Louis Mountbatten, is told through his own words and the author's comments and details every important event and aspect of his dramatically full official and private lives

      Mountbatten1985
    • Anglický publicista Richard Hough, autor několika úspěšných knih, zpracoval tématiku velmi zajímavou - historii plaveb kolem Jižní Ameriky od prvního obeplutí Magalhaesem až do 20. století. Od Magalhaesova objevu až do stavby Panamského průplavu byla tato trasa jedinou spojnicí mezi Atlantikem aPacifikem. Houghova kniha je historickým cestopisem, pojednávajícím o postupném objevování neznámé Ohňové země.

      Do Ohňové země1976
      4.2
    • Includes ships from the Nile craft of 3000 B.C. to the modern American aircraft carrier. Emphasizes that the fighting ship has always been not merely a weapon of war but a beautiful and intensely personal creation, possessing a supreme combination of functional and decorative qualities.

      A History of Fighting Ships1975
      4.0
    • Román přitažlivě zpracovává známou událost z historie mořeplavby, vzpouru na lodi Bounty, k níž došlo 28. dubna 1789. Skutečný příběh, dramatický a dobrodružný, odehrávající se navíc v exotickém prostředí, byl již několikrát zpracován, autorovi této knihy se však podařilo vytvořit dílo dobrodružné a seriózní. Cestopis, postavený na veškerém dostupném archívním materiálu a podávající komplexní obraz doby i života na moři v oblasti Tichomoří. Kniha se stala předlohou pro filmové zpracování.

      Vzbouřenci z Bounty1972