THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE BBC SERIES WILL LOVE THIS GIFTTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS JACK OCONNELL ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WESTA master at setting the pulse racing Daily MailIn the summer of 1941 at the height of the war in the Western Desert a bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling has a vision for a new kind of war attacking the enemy where they least expect it from behind their own lines.Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world the SAS.With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members SAS Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force and the immense cost of making it a reality.Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly Daily ExpressImpeccably researched superbly told by far the best book on the SAS in World War II Antony BeevorTold with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind Evening StandardSunday Times bestseller February 2023