Product Description: With three Military Crosses, three Croix de Guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated soldier in the history of the British Army. Yet for 65 years, the Highlander's story has remained untold...read more

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de Guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated soldier in the history of the British Army. Yet for 65 years, the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared SS Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy almost single-handedly stopped Tito's Yugoslavia annexing the whole of north-east Italy. Still a schoolboy when war broke out, Tommy quickly matured into a legendary commando. Twice captured, he escaped both times, marching through hundreds of miles of German-held territory to get home.

Product Description: The Treasures of Rugby Union is a celebration of one of the world's oldest international team sports (pre-dating international soccer by a year). It covers the development of the game from the moment William Webb Ellis is reputed to have picked up a ball and run with it during a soccer match at Rugby School in 1823 to the ultra professional game of today and all that happened in between...read more

Product Description: What colour jerseys did the Lions first play in? Which of the four home nations has been represented in every Lions test team? When did Ugandan dictator Idi Amin line up against the Lions? The British & Irish Lions Miscellany is crammed with 120 years worth of amazing facts, stats, stories, lists and quotes from the rich history of the oldest and greatest touring team in the sporting worl...read more

From the world's first ever rugby international against England in Edinburgh in 1871 to Andy Irvine, Gavin Hastings and beyond, this book celebrates the rich history of Scottish rugby union. It contains stats, lists, anecdotes and quotes, including the result of every Scotland rugby international ever played.

Brings together one hundred of the potty sportsmen in history. From boxing to cycling, soccer to baseball, and sports in between, this work features the hard-men and the criminals, the psychos and the loonies, that make up the sporting madness hall of shame.