Duel of Eagles, Peter Townsend
Duel of Eagles, Peter Townsend
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Duel of Eagles
The Classic Account of the Battle of Britain

Author: Peter Townsend

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

Unabridged: 20 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/29/2022

Synopsis

In May 1940, Group Captain Peter Townsend took command of 85 Squadron, tasked with preparing it for the defense of Great Britain against German bombers.

It was the beginning of the long, hot, lethal summer in which the RAF and the Luftwaffe fought to the death over England in the furious conflict which ultimately saved Britain from Nazi invasion.

Peter Townsend's epic Duel of Eagles is widely acknowledged as the classic account of the Battle of Britain—the desperate, defining clash which would become one of the greatest triumphs in British military history.

About Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend was born in Rangoon, Burma, in 1914. He trained at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell from 1933 to 1935. He served with No 1 and No 43 Squadron and in May 1940 took command of No 85 Squadron leading it into the Battle of Britain with outstanding skill and determination. Townsend enjoyed an equally distinguished peacetime career, serving as Equerry to King George VI, from 1944 until his death in 1952. Following his ill-fated relationship with Princess Margaret, Townsend began a new life in France where he turned to writing and settled happily with his family until 1995 when he died at the age of eighty.

Reviews

Goodreads review by KOMET

Duel of Eagles provides a cursory story of the development of military aviation during World War I as well as a comprehensive history of the development of both the RAF (Royal Air Force) and what was to be the Luftwaffe during the 1920s and 1930s, culminating in the Battle of Britain, during which b......more

Goodreads review by Marcus

Over last thirty years or so, military history books written or translated into English have constituted a major part of literature that I like to read. No matter how hard I try, I cannot recollect reading a book in that genre that seems as quintessentially ‘English’ as “Duel of Eagles”. Written onl......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Peter Townsend was a British fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. As a side note, he was also the man Princess Margaret wanted to marry but was forbidden by her sister, the Queen.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan

I can scarcely believe this fine work has only 12 reviews thus far. I found it quite well-written. While the first parts seem slow going, Townsend is carefully setting up the massive undercover development of the Luftwaffe and the slower but still timely development of the RAF (fighter squadrons, ra......more

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