On Courage is a collection of twenty-eight moving and inspirational stories of valour displayed by recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross.
*£2.70 of the publisher's RRP of all copies of this book sold in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will be donated to Combat Stress.*
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:
Alexander Armstrong Baroness Hale Bear Grylls Bill Beaumont Bobby Charlton Katherine Grainger Kelly Holmes Derek Jacobi Eddie Redmayne Frank Bruno Geoffrey Palmer Jeremy Irons Joanna Kavenna Joanna Lumley John Simpson Joseph Calleja Julian Fellowes Kate Adie Ken Dodd Margaret MacMillan Mark Pougatch Mary Berry Michael Whitehall and Jack Whitehall Miranda Hart Richard Chartres Tom Ward Will Greenwood and Willie Carson.
From RAF flight engineer Norman Jackson who climbed out onto the wing of a Lancaster bomber in flight to put out a fire using a twisted parachute as a rope on the night his first child was born; children's writer turned Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat-Khan who was the first female operator to infiltrate occupied France and refused to abandon what had become the most dangerous post in the country; to Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer Tom Crean who struck out alone for a supply depot during Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole to save the life of his ailing companion these courageous men and women are an inspiration to us all.
Written by leading historians and authors Tom Bromley Saul David Paul Garlington James Holland and Dr Spencer Jones these incredible accounts tell of the recipients' determination and selfless actions in times of war. Each story is introduced by a public figure including Mary Berry Bear Grylls Sir Bobby Charlton Joanna Lumley Eddie Redmayne and the late Sir Ken Dodd.
Roxie Nafousi
Roxie Nafousi
Laura Shepperson
Aamna Qureshi
Steve Cavanagh
Adele Zeynep Walton
Tessa Bickers
Sarah Hornsley
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Emma Chapman
Elizabeth Gill
Hanna Thomas Uose
Diane Ladd
Ana Huang
Gregory Maguire
Helen Nagle-Smith
Elora Cook
Hannah Deitch
Aman J. Bedi
Elsie Silver
Venki Ramakrishnan
Genevieve Kingston
Jane Thynne
Katherine McLaughlin
Vinson Cunningham
Tilly Rose
Robert Ingpen
Chetna Makan
Bruce Jones
Scott Walker
Aman J. Bedi
Brandon Sanderson
Rosalind Brown
Kate Kemp
Jessie Hewitson
Hillary Yablon
Christopher Buehlman
Tim Budgen
Suzanne O’Sullivan
Dr Tara Porter
Andrew J. Scott
Oliver Moody
Mick Herron
Carolina Rabei
Ella Dove
Bella Swift
Adam Rutherford
Lucy Score
L.A. MacRae
Adam Forrest Kay
Tobias Buck
Haru Yamada
Kuchenga Shenjé
Tor Freeman
Patricia Graham
Tiffany Yu
Philippe Sands
Caroline Reid
M. R. Carey
M. R. Carey
Michael Mansfield
Elise Kova
Clare Mackintosh
Nalini Ramachandran
Kate Kemp
Ella Frears
Giles Murray
Walter Tevis
Tad Williams
Joanne Harris
Josh Malerman
Natalie Lawrence
Petroc Trelawny
Ace Atkins
Martin Salter
Chris Moore
Ivanna Dump
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Hannu Rajaniemi
Dylan Jones
Daisy Dunn
Brian D. Mclaren
Artemis Cooper
Sarah E Hill
Valerie Boyd
Caroline Montague
James Doty
Oonagh Stransky
Cole Arthur Riley
Kim Sherwood
Mikael Krogerus
Mikael Krogerus
Mikael Krogerus
Mikael Krogerus
Mikael Krogerus