James Hamilton-Paterson

About the Author

James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of Blackbird: A History of the Untouchable Spy Plane and Empires of the Clouds, the classic account of the golden age of British aviation. He won a Whitbread Prize for his novel Gerontius. He lives in Austria.

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Works by James Hamilton-Paterson

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Cooking with Fernet Branca (2004) 569 copies

Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World (2010) 194 copies

Amazing Disgrace (2006) 164 copies

Seven Tenths (1992) 157 copies

Rancid Pansies (2008) 106 copies

Gerontius (1989) 105 copies

Marked for Death: The First War in the Air (2015) 84 copies

Playing with Water: Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island (Twentieth Century Lives) (1987) 65 copies

Loving Monsters (2001) 55 copies

Three Miles Down: A Hunt for Sunken Treasure (1840) 50 copies

America's Boy: A Century of United States Colonialism in the Philippines (1998) 48 copies

Ghosts of Manila (1994) 44 copies

Griefwork (1993) 43 copies

Mummies: Death and life in ancient Egypt (1978) 39 copies

Blackbird: A History of the Untouchable Spy Plane (2017) 26 copies

Under the Radar: A Novel (2013) 25 copies

The Music (1995) 18 copies

Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony (2017) 16 copies

That Time in Malomba (1990) 15 copies

The Bell Boy (1990) 14 copies

What We Have Lost (2018) 12 copies

The View from Mount Dog (1986) 8 copies

Hostage! (Puffin books) (1980) 7 copies

Wasserspiele. (1999) 4 copies

The greedy war (A very personal war) (1971) 4 copies

Dutch Alps (1984) 4 copies

The House in the Waves (1970) 3 copies

Option three (1974) 3 copies

Flight Underground (1969) 2 copies

Beethoven's Third Symphony 'The Eroica' (The Landmark Library): The First Great Romantic Symphony: 3 (2016) 2 copies

Geheimgang zwischen den Tunnels. 2 copies

Science Fiction Stories: Englische Lektüre für das 3. Lernjahr (1983) 1 copy

Bang! (in Granta: Jubilee - JACK) 1 copy

Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars: The Golden Age 1900-1941 (2020) 1 copy

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love (2023) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Granta 77: What We Think of America (2002) — Contributor — 218 copies

Granta 87: Jubilee! The 25th Anniversary Issue (2004) — Contributor — 201 copies

Granta 83: This Overheating World (2003) — Contributor — 174 copies

Granta 68: Love Stories (1999) — Contributor — 151 copies

Granta 61: The Sea (1998) — Contributor — 148 copies

Granta 94: On The Road Again (2006) — Contributor — 135 copies

Granta 91: Wish You Were Here (2005) — Contributor — 135 copies

Granta 72: Overreachers (2000) — Contributor — 132 copies

Granta 75: Brief Encounters (2001) — Contributor — 125 copies

Slightly Foxed 29: An Editorial Peacock (2011) — Contributor — 23 copies

The Penguin Book of the Ocean (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Unlikely ghosts, (1969) — Contributor — 5 copies

Telling Stories: The Best of BBC Radio's Recent Short Fiction v. 4 (1995) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1941-11-06
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Places of residence: Austria
Italy
Philippines
Education: University of Oxford (Exeter College)
Agent: Johnson & Alcock

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Reviews

Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson

This book is indeed witty. If not for the wonderful writing and use of language, I would have rated it lower, for in fact, I didn't enjoy it very much. I think the problem may have been the humor which perhaps was aimed at a British audience and the recipes, that others may have found hilarious, left me unmoved. In any case, I didn't get much of it and very little made me laugh. Ah, but the writing, the wit, that was worth the read.

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dvoratreis | 43 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |

Marked for Death: The First War in the Air by James Hamilton-Paterson

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airminded | 1 other review | May 25, 2023 |

Amazing Disgrace by James Hamilton-Paterson

Not as good as the first book unfortunately, but I also know others hold the opposite opinion. Fewer recipes and fewer laughs. I did, however, love the Amazing Grace parody lyrics. I think they were my favourite part.

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TheAceOfPages | 3 other reviews | May 17, 2023 |

Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson

This is a rather humerous book examining the relationship between two neighbours who just want to be alone - Gerald the ghostwriter and *cough* adventurous chef and Marta the composer and member or an ex-Soviet crime family.

This book is a little chaotic and all over the place. There isn't that much of a plot. Other than Gerald and Marta learning to co-exist. My favourite part was definitely the recipes, even though I probably won't try most of them. Some may seem relatively harmless (like fish cakes) but others include garlic ice cream, cat pie and otter with lobster sauce. Most of which include Fernet Branca (which I discovered is an alcohol and not a person!)… (more)

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TheAceOfPages | 43 other reviews | Mar 26, 2023 |

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