Aviation novels 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 which they prefer to the B.E.2
Quirks. • ''Hornet's Sting'' (1999) is set in 1917, with Hornet Squadron flying the
Sopwith Pup,
Nieuport, and the
Bristol F.2B Fighter. Novel set in the inter-war era: •
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 miniseries (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. Novel set in the Cold War: •
Hullo Russia, Goodbye England (2008) 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. This novel was originally self-published and only available from Robinson's own website, but a paperback edition was published by MacLehose Press in 2012. All eight of Robinson's aviation novels were released in paperback editions by MacLehose Press in 2012–2013.
Luis Cabrillo novels 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 witch hunts in 1950s America. •
Sick Sentries of Bristle (2004). Countryside Books. "A slapstick dash through 600 years of local excitements". •
Invasion, 1940 (2005), a nonfiction work about
World War II that 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. •
Why 1914? (2014) A forensic and darkly humorous re-examination of the origins of WW1 ==Notes==