Born in Bristol, England, Derek Robinson is a British author best known for military aviation novels full of black humour.

He has also written several books on some of the more sordid events in the history of Bristol, his home town, as well as guides to rugby. Derek Robinson’s acclaimed First World War trilogy and Piece of Cake have established him as a world-leading aviation writer and one of the top authors of war fiction.

Derek Robinson

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