{"product_id":"the-amazing-captain-knight-and-nicholas-milton-9781399060943","title":"The Amazing Captain Knight and His Golden Eagle: A Famous Naturalist, Filmmaker and Falconer","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1940, Captain Charles Knight and his golden eagle survived a German torpedo attack on the Dutch steamship Volendam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Battle of the Atlantic raged, on Thursday 29 August 1940, the Dutch steamship Volendam set sail from Liverpool bound for Canada via New York. With a German invasion of Britain imminent, on board were 321 children or 'sea-vacs' and over 500 other passengers, including a 56-year-old naturalist, filmmaker and falconer by the name of Captain Charles Knight. Travelling with him was his showbiz partner, a golden eagle with a six-foot wingspan. His name was Mr Ramshaw and he had made Knight a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 11 pm the next night, a huge explosion tore through the ship which soon began to list badly. The German submarine, U-60, had fired two torpedoes at the Volendam, who was abandoned to her fate. In the chaos left behind was Knight's golden eagle, Mr Ramshaw, and a 9-year-old boy called Robert. Miraculously both survived, Knight being reunited with Mr Ramshaw days later while the British government produced a classic Gaumont film about the attack called 'Children torpedoed by Nazis'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe amazing life of Captain Charles Knight and his golden eagle, Mr Ramshaw, reads like an adventure from The Boy's Own Paper. It is the story of how Knight rose, from working in a tobacconist's shop in Kent before the First World War, to become one of the most famous naturalists, filmmakers and falconers in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Milton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399060945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399060943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nicholas Milton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618106134783,"sku":"9781399060943","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00bc9a48-b57c-4e54-bead-33fd9081dfda.jpg?v=1740069183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-amazing-captain-knight-and-nicholas-milton-9781399060943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}