Book of the Week

The Originals: the secret history of the birth of the SAS in their own words by Gordon Stevens

The birth of the SAS is shrouded in as much myth and mystery as the regiment's clandestine operations.

Conventional wisdom has that its founder, David Stirling died without ever putting on record how he formed the revolutionary unit.   But at a secret location twenty years ago, Stirling met with a handful of surviving original members and for the first and only time recorded their incredible stories.  The existence of these stories has remained a closely guarded secret until now. The originals : the secret history of the birth of the SAS in their own words by Gordon Stevens recounts the battles behind enemy lines in North Africa, Italy, France and the race after D-Day across Europe into Germany.  The Originals is not just the inside story of how the SAS was formed, it is also the story of the lives and characters of an incredible band of brothers, and the legend they created.

15 December 2006