Author:Tommy Macpherson,Richard Bath
With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.
Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy almost single-handedly stopped Tito's Yugoslavia annexing the whole of north-east Italy. Twice captured, he escaped both times, marching through hundreds of miles of German-held territory to get home.
Still a schoolboy when war broke out, Tommy quickly matured into a legendary commando, and his remarkable story features a dizzyingly diverse cast of characters, including Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle.
My book of the year, without question . . . reads like a combination of a Biggles adventure and Dick Barton
—— Jeffrey Archer in Books of the Year 2010 , Daily TelegraphOne of Scotland's most courageous sons
—— Sunday HeraldRecreates the adventure
—— The Times Literary SupplementGas-proof dog kennels, fines for striking matches, intimate liaisons in the blackout - the Home Front vividly recalled by ordinary Britons
—— Daily MailExceptional...Written like the very best thriller, it draws the reader into the exclusive world of the combat crew in a unique and truly gripping way
—— John NicholVulcan 607 deserves to become an aviation classic
—— Len DeightonOne helluva great flying story. The gripping narrative reads like a suspense thriller, yet every word is true
—— Stephen CoontsAbsolutely riveting ... takes you right into the planning rooms and cockpits ... Don't miss this one!
—— Dale BrownVulcan 607 grips like a two-spar fin torsion box structure, whatever your gender
—— Evening StandardRowland White tells this splendid story with panache
—— Daily TelegraphAll politicians need to read honest accounts of war - at no time more than now - and Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club is one of the very best
—— David Cameron, Observer, Books of the YearA vivid account of a rollercoaster tour of duty . . . testosterone-charged, expletive-splattered
—— Phil Jacobson, Daily MailA compelling read . . . Hennessey's book ought to be read by all officers that have yet to experience combat . . . He has written an important portrait of contemporary warfare and the nature of battle - a portrait that can claim a line of descent from Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
—— Will Pike, British Army ReviewAn honest acknowledgment of the darkness within us, of the unwelcome emotions that combat can bring about ... Smart and funny ... The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a humdinger
—— Jonathan Yardley , Washington PostThere have been many books about the Battle of Britain but few as exhaustive - and readable - as this scholarly account
—— Choice MagazineFacts and figures say a great deal, but the most compelling accounts come from those who featured in the battle. Like any good author, Holland allows the participants to tell the story in their own words
—— The Good Book Guide
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