Derek Robinson (novelist) - Works

Works

Novels set in squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) during the First World War:

• Goshawk Squadron (1971) is set in 1918 with the squadron flying the S.E.5a.
• War Story (1987) is set in 1916 with Hornet Squadron flying the F.E.2b. and F.E.2d
• Hornet's Sting (1999) is set in 1917 with Hornet Squadron flying the Sopwith Pup and the Bristol F.2B Fighter.
• A Splendid Little War (2013) is set in 1919 with a British Squadron taking part in the Russian Civil War and flying Sopwith Camels.

Novels set in RAF squadrons during the Second World War:

• Piece of Cake (1983) is set during the Phoney War and Battle of Britain with Hornet Squadron flying the Hurricane. The TV mini-series (1988) with the same name is based on this book.
• A Good Clean Fight (1993) covers the Desert Air Force during 1942 with Hornet Squadron flying the Curtiss Tomahawk.
• Damned Good Show (2002) covers RAF Bomber Command's early bomber operations and has fictional No. 409 Squadron RAF flying the Handley Page Hampden.
• Hullo Russia, Goodbye England (2008), self-published and available from his website. It begins in 1943, as Silk (the main protagonist from "Damned Good Show") is on his second tour, and moves into the early 1960s when he rejoins the RAF as an Avro Vulcan pilot during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Novels featuring Luis Cabrillo:

• The Eldorado Network (1979), about counter-espionage in WWII Spain and Portugal.
• Artillery of Lies (1991), set mostly in England and Germany.
• Red Rag Blues (2006), about espionage and the McCarthy witchhunts in 1950s America.
• Operation Bamboozle (2009), Luis Cabrillo travel to Las Vegas and tangles with the Mob. Self-published and available from his website.

Other books include:

• Son of Bristle (1971) Abson Books. A guide to Bristle azit's poke.
• Rotten with Honour (1973), about Cold War-espionage.
• Kramer's War (1977) is set on the island of Jersey in 1944.
• Run with the Ball (1984). Collins. Guide to Rugby Union play.
• The Best Green Walks in Bristol (1994). Westcountry Books. Local walking guide.
• A Load of Old Bristle: Krek Waiter's Peak Bristle (2002). Robinson, Derek, and Wiltshire, Vic. Countryside Books. More infermasun on howter's peak Bristle.
• Kentucky Blues(2002), about life in a nineteenth-century American town.
• Sick Sentries of Bristle (2004). Countryside Books. "A slapstick dash through 600 years of local excitements".
• Invasion, 1940 (2005), a non-fiction work about World War II which aims to debunk "two powerful myths": first, that the RAF alone prevented an invasion of Great Britain by Hitler's Germany; and second, that such an invasion force would inevitably have conquered Britain.
• A Darker History of Bristol (2005). Countryside Books. "A fair share of cruel, inglorious and scandalous episodes that are generally little referred to".
• Rugby: A Player's Guide to the Laws (2005). HarperCollinsWillow. The laws of the game made simple.
• Better Rugby Refereeing (2007), co-authored with Ed Morrison.