I suggested to her the Mitchell and Markby series which for some inexplicable reason made my sister VERY ANGRY! And then she recommended the Discovery of Witches series to me, which, if I am being diplomatic I did not love as much as some related to me by blood. As background, my wonderful sister and I have stopped recommending books to each other. The second reason is even more shocking, namely that my sister has recommended a book to me that I actually loved. Believe it or not, I do enjoy non-fiction and indeed there are 2 such reads on my all time top 10 books both of which I now want to re-read and review for this blog. When I was writing my last post reviewing the books I had read in 2022, I was quite shocked to discover I had only read one non-fiction book. Today's book is a little different to the ones I normally review and there a couple of reasons for this. Includes the 'Authorised Wartime History' stamp from the hardback.Happy New Year!I hope that however you marked the occasion you had lots of fun and that 2023 will be brilliant for you all. It is a story about the meaning of courage. The result is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks. It has opened its secret archives for the first time, granting historian Ben Macintyre full access to a treasure trove of unseen reports, memos, diaries, letters, maps and photographs, as well as free rein to interview surviving Originals and those who knew them. Now, the SAS has finally decided to tell its astonishing story.
So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world- the SAS. In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines.
The bestselling history book of the Year.
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