A Breed of Heroes by Alan Judd - ISBN: 9781471178863
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Army life: tragedy, madness, laughter, and terror in tense streets.

A Breed of Heroes

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2018

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Summary

FROM THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF LEGACY AND ACCIDENTAL AGENT

After university and Sandhurst, Charles Thoroughgood has now joined the Assault Commandos and is on a four-month tour of duty in Armagh and Belfast. The thankless task facing him and his men – to patrol the tension-filled streets through weeks of boredom punctuated by bursts of horror – takes them through times of tragedy, madness, laughter and terror.

Alan Judd tells Thoroughgood’s tale with verv…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781471178863
ISBN-10:1471178862
Author:Alan Judd
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:1 September 2018
Weight:340g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 29mm
About The Author

Alan Judd

Alan Judd is the author of two biographies and seventeen novels, three of which have been filmed. He has won the Guardian Fiction award, the Heinemann award and the Royal Society of Literature’s Winifred Holtby award. His novels include the Charles Thoroughgood spy series and A Fine Madness, featuring the life and death of Christopher Marlowe, poet, playwright and spy. He also wrote The Quest for C, the authorized biography of Mansfield Cumming, founder of MI6, for which he was granted access to Cumming’s diary. He has reviewed widely and has been a regular columnist for the Telegraph, the Spectator and the Oldie. He is an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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