It was 75 years later that the SAS finally decided to tell its astonishing story. So began the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS.

Despite intense opposition, Winston Churchill personally gave Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he could find. The Plot 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. under pain of death from my Sister who would also like you to know that the 11th January would have been Paddy Mayne's birthday, I bring you my review.

And so, after enjoying the TV series immensely and on the look out for a good non-fiction book, I decided to read this. As a family we have form in this as for a long time we did believe my mother ran the SAS following her account when she was a 'scout leader' hiking with a group of scouts in what sounded like a descent into madness in the wilds of Scotland. My sister watched and enjoyed the BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes based on the book by the same name, and has disappeared down a wormhole of reading more about SAS history. But I am happy to report we have found a common ground now - namely a good TV series. 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. 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.

Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre