Despite sensational warnings of a Zeppelin 'menace' the airship and the aeroplane raids of the First World War shocked the nation out of its island complacency and brought with them what was, until then, an unimagined horror and outrage. Fire over England recreates that momentous period. It shows how Germany's long-held conviction that war could be won by aerial bombardment was defeated by a people's will to survive. -- From the book jacket.

A slow take-off -- The Aerial battleship -- First strike -- The trail blazers -- The first of the hammer blows -- Attack and counter attack -- New tactics -- The great offensive -- Chaos and confusion -- A blanket of bombs -- A grand design -- Secret weapon -- Unfinished business -- The vanished dream -- A false dawn -- The first fine day -- Offshore and off target -- Death in the daylight -- A thread of history -- Suddenly, by night -- A fateful week -- Last orders.