Paddy Mayne : Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes) - Hamish Ross blhhgf It is a rare thing

It is a rare thing and close to perfect

and her story is the most joyous evocation of unlikely immortality

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter - one who is perfectly content to stay as an amorphous lump in her swamp unless impolite monster hunters invade intent on murdering her

led by a charge of female characters as captivating and complex as the brightest of botanical flowers' Cari Thomas

Paddy Mayne : Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes) - Hamish Ross blhhgf It is a rare thing`The best biography I've read recently' Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne. Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' History of War magazine`This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine`Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross's authoritative study follows