The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has turned his face away from this far-flung outpost. The Druids are on the rise, spreading seeds of rebellion among the British tribes. Roman cruelty & exploitation has angered their British subjects. The warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to war.

Standing against the rising tide of Boudicca

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The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has turned his face away from this far-flung outpost. The Druids are on the rise, spreading seeds of rebellion among the British tribes. Roman cruelty & exploitation has angered their British subjects. The warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to war.

Standing against the rising tide of Boudicca

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The 'heroes' of John Pilger's narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult & often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle East & Central America. They also include the Irish labouring generation of his great-great-grandfather, transported in irons to Australia for uttering 'unlawful oaths'. It is a vivid, engrossing & sometimes blackly amusing personal story covering the periods for which his journalism is renowned. John Pilger has witnessed many of the major world upheavals of the past thirty years, as well as the daily realities of injustices normally hidden from society's view, & his reporting of these events has always been distinguished by his compassion for the ordinary people caught up in them, & the intense desire to tell the truth. ...

In the history of warfare, an elite group of men have attained almost legendary status through their courage, ambition & unrivalled military genius. But many of these same men possessed deep personal character flaws. In Heroes & Villains, acclaimed historian Frank Mc Lynn focuses on six of the most powerful & magnetic leaders of all time: Spartacus, Attila the Hun, Richard the Lionheart, Cortés, Tokugawa Ieyasu & Napoleon. How did these mortal men rise to positions of seemingly invincible power? What were the motives, the personal strengths & often weaknesses that drove them to achieve what no one else dared?

In six powerful portraits, Mc Lynn brilliantly evokes the critical moments when each of these warriors proved themselves in battle, changing their own lives, the destiny of their people &, in some cases, the history of the world. We discover what drove Spartacus to take on the might of Rome against seemingly impossible odds, & how the young Napoleon rose to power in dramatic fashion at the Siege of Toulon.

Heroes & Villains is more than a collection of individual biographies. By examining the complex psychologies of these extraordinary men, Mc Lynn builds up a convincing profile of the ultimate warrior. Accompanying a major BBC television series, this brilliant book takes us into the minds of the greatest warriors in history.



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In the history of warfare, an elite group of men have attained almost legendary status through their courage, ambition & unrivalled military genius. But many of these same men possessed deep personal character flaws. In Heroes & Villains, acclaimed historian Frank Mc Lynn focuses on six of the most powerful & magnetic leaders of all time: Spartacus, Attila the Hun, Richard the Lionheart, Cortés, Tokugawa Ieyasu & Napoleon. How did these mortal men rise to positions of seemingly invincible power? What were the motives, the personal strengths & often weaknesses that drove them to achieve what no one else dared?

In six powerful portraits, Mc Lynn brilliantly evokes the critical moments when each of these warriors proved themselves in battle, changing their own lives, the destiny of their people &, in some cases, the history of the world. We discover what drove Spartacus to take on the might of Rome against seemingly impossible odds, & how the young Napoleon rose to power in dramatic fashion at the Siege of Toulon.

Heroes & Villains is more than a collection of individual biographies. By examining the complex psychologies of these extraordinary men, Mc Lynn builds up a convincing profile of the ultimate warrior. Accompanying a major BBC television series, this brilliant book takes us into the minds of the greatest warriors in history.



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Heroes of the SAS details the personal stories of men who have, through their extraordinary valour & devotion to duty, left their mark on the history of the British Army's elite Special Forces regiment. From the early days in North Africa during World War II to the war in the former Yugoslavia, this is a book packed with stories of outstanding bravery in the face of incredible hardship.
The daring & audacity of the initial SAS operations against Rommel's Africa Korps, where characters such as Paddy Mayne made such an impact, provide start contrast to the clandestine undercover work against the IRA in Northern Irel&, where officers like Major Tony Ball risked their lives on covert operations,
Every conflict in which the SAS has been involved, including the Falklands crisis & the Gulf War, has brought forth breathtaking stories of individual gallantry, making Heroes of the SAS a truly riveting read.

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