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Whitney Straight
- Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist - The Authorised Biography
Engelsk
Bogcover for Whitney Straight af Paul Kenny, 9781803991115
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Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781803991115
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1803991119
Udg. Dato:
2 okt 2025
Størrelse i cm:
16,6 x 24,1 x 3,7
Oplagsdato:
2 okt 2025
Forfatter(e):

Whitney Straight

- Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist - The Authorised Biography
Engelsk
Hardback 2025
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Whitney Straight made his own way in life. Born in New York with a silver spoon in his mouth, he would earn his living in the board rooms of some of Britain’s greatest companies. He dropped out of Cambridge to become an outstanding racing driver, and run a team of Maseratis across Europe and Africa. A qualified pilot at 17, he revolutionised aircraft design for the enthusiast, and his extraordinary war saw him rise from Pilot Officer to Air Commodore. He survived the invasion of Norway, a crash-landing in occupied France and a year as a PoW to emerge with an MC, DFC and US Legion of Merit. Rejecting Churchill’s proposal of a career in politics, he became CEO of BOAC, transforming it into a national airline to be proud of. At Rolls-Royce, he railed against a company dominated by engineers who made poor businessmen, and played a founding role in the separate paths of the aero and auto businesses still seen today. An incurable romantic, he could never imagine being married to anyone other than his wife, yet he had numerous relationships. Paul Kenny has been granted unfettered access to Straight’s diaries and photograph albums, and has scoured archives on both sides of the Atlantic, leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of the full story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest mavericks.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781803991115
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1803991119
Udg. Dato:
2 okt 2025
Størrelse i cm:
16,6 x 24,1 x 3,7
Oplagsdato:
2 okt 2025
Forfatter(e):
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