A Breed of Heroes
Book description
FROM THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF LEGACY AND ACCIDENTAL AGENT
After university and Sandhurst, Charles Thoroughgood has now joined the Assault Commandos and is on a four-month tour of duty in Armagh and Belfast. The thankless task facing him and his men -- to patrol the tension-filled streets through weeks…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked A Breed of Heroes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found this novel on a secondhand stall in Kenya when I was 18 or 19 and devoured it. Little known today, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and later adapted by the BBC.
Judd relates a tour by a fictional British Army unit in Northern Ireland in some of the most violent days of the Troubles in the 1970s. The protagonist, Charles Thoroughgood, is an Oxford graduate at a time when most army officers were school leavers, and the book chants his increasing disillusionment.
My early edition featured on the cover – next to a crouching individual in…
From Simon's list on the British Army.
Want books like A Breed of Heroes?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like A Breed of Heroes.
Browse books like A Breed of Heroes
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in the British Army, The Troubles, and Belfast?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about the British Army, The Troubles, and Belfast.