Twenty Tales from the War Zone brings together some of the highlights of John Simpson's remarkable journalistic career. Guerrillas in Colombia, Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, a flatulent Colonel Gadaffi. It's a rollercoaster ride that is sure to thrill anyone who dares to join it...
Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment against him, hunting for him as they did for no other. He was wounded, and racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed, or captured...