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"Goodbye to all that" by Robert Graves, really wonderful autobiography, gives some great accounts of his time serving in WW1 with a lot of information I was completely unaware of, he had certainly led quite a life, very enjoyable read.

"The Men who flew the Mosquito" by Martin W. Bowman, funnily enough it's about the men who flew the Mosquito during WW.2. it gives compelling and informative accounts of the missions carried out and the aircrew involved.

Just started "Under the Wire" it's the wartime memoir of a Spitfire pilot, Bill Ash, shot down over France and captured by the Gestapo and his subsequent attempts to escape from P.O.W. camps.

"Cold Sea Stories" by Paweł Huelle, a collection of short stories set against a backdrop of the Baltic coast, loving it, great bit of escapism.

"Codename Tricycle" by Russell Miller, it's the true story of Dusko Popov who was one of Britains most successful double agents in WW2. Fascinating stuff, thoroughly recommend it.

"The Big Show" by Pierre Clostermann, it is the account of a Free French WW2 fighter pilot and his 420 operational sorties, really gripping stuff, if you like your WW2 history this is for you.

"The Path Finders" by Will Iredale, it's about the Lancaster and Mosquito crews the found and marked the targets for the WW2 bomber raids, very interesting, enjoying it very much.

"A Parisian Affair and other short stories" by Guy de Maupassant, a great bit of escapism with a collection of stories from France during the time of the Franco- Prussian War, brilliantly written and easy to read.

I read this a few years ago, thoroughly enjoyed it, must re-read it.

"Dresden - The Fire and the Darkness" by Sinclair McKay. Fascinating read, just the facts and stories of those involved, you make your own mind up about the controversy, well worth a read.

Channel Shore by Tom Fort, it's about his bicycle journey from East to West (Kent through to Cornwall) along the English Channel Coast, a nice easy going and informative read about the people and places he meets and visits along the way.

Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945 by Peter C Smith, very informative and interesting account of this bitterly contested narrow strip of sea that helped keep the Nation safe, so much that I didn't realise about the battles that took place against German E-Boats, U-Boats,aircraft and...

Not my usual type of book but quite enjoyable..a good night time read before sleep.

100% - very interesting read and gives a whole different view of the Air War in WW2.

"Enemy Coast Ahead" - the uncensored version by Guy Gibson, it's about his career in the R.A.F. and his opinions on the behaviour of the Airforce senior command and thoughts of the general population during W.W.2.as well as the missions he took part in, including dropping some bombs on some Dams...

Alarmstart by Patrick G Eriksson, it's about the experiences of German fighter pilots in WW2.

"I shall bear witness" The Diaries 1933-1941,by Victor Klemperer, it charts the rise of the Nazis and antisemitism in Germany from a Jewish point of view. Both fascinating and heartbreaking and very interesting, more so as my wife, Mrs.Wunt be Druv, is of German Jewish descent and many of her...

Operation Jubilee Dieppe,1942:The Folly and the Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop. Half way through, very interesting, learning new things about the military disaster, thoroughly recommend it if you are looking for a informative book on the Dieppe raid in WW2.

"Winged Victory" by V.M.Yeats, it's a semi-autobiographical account of life in the Royal Flying Corp/R.A.F. in 1918 set during the German Spring Offensive, a fascinating and tragic read.

Old Hunting Grounds and Other Stories by Yuri Kazakov - volume one. All about life and micro dramas in Northern Russia in the late 20th Century.If you like Russian literature I can thoroughly recommend it, up there with the best of them.