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Book SynopsisAn unputdownable and incredibly evocative military novel full of thrilling battle scenes and flesh and blood characters from Steven Pressfield, author of The Sunday Times Bestseller Gates of Fire.
A terrific read...this is historical fiction at its very best. -- JAMES HOLLAND
A splendid tour-de-force...it should not be missed -- WASHINGTON POST
Both a captivating history lesson and rousing guts-n-glory saga -- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Compelling...the narrative is a page turner -- ***** Reader review
Mr Pressfield is a true craftsman in the best possible way. You LIVE the story while he is telling it -- ***** Reader review
Simply a brilliant read -- ***** Reader review
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NORTH AFRICA, 1942. AN ELITE BRITISH ARMY UNIT IS ON A DEADLY MISSION.
Autumn, 1942: Hitler''s legions have
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A terrific read - gripping from start to finish...this is historical fiction at its very best -- JAMES HOLLAND
A splendid tour de force, one that brings to life the heroism, sacrifice, tragedy, frustration, fear and - yes - thrill of war * WASHINGTON POST *
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield -- VINCE FLYNN
Readers of Steven Pressfield know that his stylish and meticulous novels of battle can rise as far above an often dismal genre as Patrick O'Brian's. After two tales of Alexander the Great, he shifts epochs - without any softening of his flinty, rhythmic and laconic prose - to dramatise an episode of the Desert War in North Africa...Presented as the memoirs of a highly literate publisher, this account of the clandestine operation "where a single individual might make a difference" shuns false heroics to paint the true face of irregular war in the wilderness -- Boyd Tonkin * THE INDEPENDENT *
