Having written a number of true stories, in 2006 he was chosen as one of the 'nation's 20 favourite authors' and wrote his first fiction, Desert Claw, for the British Government's Quick Read initiative. to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the DDay beaches and driving the Allies back into the sea. The Epilogue brought home that these young men were real people whose lives might have ended in oblivion except for extraordinary efforts by two determined fellow agents and one great author.

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The first half of the book involving the training, first mission and subsequent failed mission was a enthralling read. During a decade spent reporting from around the world Lewis lived in deserts, rainforests, jungles and chaotic third world cities. That fiction was followed up by Cobra Gold, an equally compelling tale of global drama and intrigue and shadowy betrayal. When I first saw this book, I thought it was another generic book on the SAS, which would join a long list of similar publications. Go back to what your mother taught you': TV presenter Susannah Constantine on the six money-saving hacks that helped her cut energy use on laundry by a THIRD!

Churchill’s Band of Brothers tells another part of that story – how airborne commandos, the Special Air Services men, were dropped deep into occupied France in connection with the invasion to destroy infrastructure, with the object being to slow down the Wehrmacht’s response to the invasion as much as possible. This is a thrilling and very specific book, and the clue that it is not a general account of the SAS lies in the subtitle, The Last Stand of the SAS and the Hunt for their Nazi Killers. Having blown to pieces scores of prize targets, Garstin’s patrol executed one of the most daring escapes of the war … only to fall victim to shocking betrayal. Lewis had been to the Sudan war zone dozens of times over the past decade, reporting on that conflict for the BBC, Channel 4 and US and European broadcasters.

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Having blown to pieces scores of prize targets, Garstin's patrol executed one of the most daring escapes of the war .hen Winston Churchill was voted out of office in the 1945 General Election, less than two months after VE Day, the Special Air Service regiment that had done so much for the Allied cause lost its greatest champion and benefactor. Their incandescent courage and daring against all odds and against a hellishly ruthless enemy is the stuff of which legends are made. His slavery documentary told the story of a young girl from the Nuba tribe, seized in a raid and sold into slavery in Khartoum, Sudan's capital city, and of her epic escape. I wanted very badly to swat author Damien Lewis, who spends the first few chapters setting up the mission but keeps spoiling it with constant flashbacks. A sobering account of men who risked and/or gave their gave their lives to challenge and defeat tyranny.