Eccentric british heroes

THE INSIDE STORY

It was during a drunken conversation in Berlin that the young Harry Patterson first stumbled upon the story which would one day inspire him to write one of the truly great, popular thrillers of the 20

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Four eminent historians headlining the inaugural Hereford Military History Festival discuss the works that have inspired them