Author:Andy McNab,Paul Thornley
January 1991. IRAQ. Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they are to sever a vital underground communication link and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign:
BRAVO TWO ZERO.
Each laden with 15 stones of equipment, they tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. But within days, their location is compromised. After a fierce fire fight, they are forced into evasive action. Four men are captured. Three die. Only one escapes. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeal is yet to come. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them.
Twenty years from its first publication, Bravo Two Zero still sets the gold standard for military memoirs. It is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: an action-packed chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.
The best account yet of the SAS in action
—— Sunday TimesExtraordinary
—— The TimesGripping
—— Daily TelegraphMagnificent
—— Independent on SundayStourton writes evocatively and with sensitivity... an engaging collection of tales.
—— Viv Watts , Daily ExpressFascinating... vivid, detailed and dramatic
—— The LadyAn extremely moving book full of wartime heroism and sacrifice
—— The Good Book GuideThese are gripping stories that make you ask "what would I have done" if faced with an escapee needing help?
—— The TimesHonest, astonishing and emotional... a mesmerising work on the Second World War's overlooked heroes.
—— Daily ExpressEdward Stourton’s portrayal of the escape lines across the Pyrenees – the courage and endurance of those involved and above all, the heroism in one man (or woman) risking their life for another – is rich in detail and a remarkable testimony to the resilience of the human spirit. A compelling read.
—— James HollandHeart-breaking and breath-taking, and a vivid tribute both to all those who escaped from France into Spain as well as those who helped them. A thoroughly moving and very readable book.
—— Simon Mawer, author of The Girl Who Fell From The SkyEscaping the Nazis across the Pyrenean mountain trails became one of the most extraordinary acts of spontaneous resistance of World War Two. In Cruel Crossing, Ed Stourton straps on his backpack and takes to the escape lines himself, reflecting as he treks on the courage and self-sacrifice of the escapers and evaders who went before him - many of them young women, whose remarkable stories are told here often for the first time. Stourton has produced both a compelling history and a unique mountain guide, telling his story with his familiar humour and journalistic verve.
—— Sarah Helm, author of A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOEAn important book packed with poignant stories, remarkable characters and uncomfortable truths.
—— Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved and The Woman Who Saved The ChildrenCruel Crossing is an accomplished account of an overlooked part of the Second World War. Using wide-ranging research and an impressive number of eye-witness accounts, Stourton tells the story of the escape lines across the Pyrenees, and of the wartime history of southwest France in all its muddied complexity. The gripping escape stories he narrates are sometimes harrowing, often moving, and above all, full of variety and surprises. There is suffering, extraordinary bravery, friendship and even humour; but there is also treachery, betrayal and villainy. A fitting memorial to how war brings out the best and worst in people.
—— Matthew Parker, author of The Battle of BritainEnthralling stories ... a moving retelling of some of the war's most heroic episodes
—— Nigel Jones , TelegraphA vigorous book, full of energy as well as insight
—— Jeremy Black
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