BRAVER MEN WALK AWAY

by Peter Gurney and gurney-peter

Book Overview

Just about to retire from Scotland Yard, where he is a top bomb-disposal officer, Peter Gurney is regarded as an expert on dealing with explosives and terrorist devices. Since he began his career... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002550512
• ISBN13: 9780002550512
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.7" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Un-put-downable

This is the biography of a bomb disposal expert, who lived through the worst terror bombing campaigns in the UK. Everything you ever wanted to know about what goes on in the minds of men like these when they stake their lives on their ability to defuse an explosive device; their ability to defeat the most devious booby traps. What goes on in their minds when they see the remains of a colleague who just lost the gamble - and then moving on to the next call-out.