What do you think?
Rate this book
Real Heroes
A unique, full-colour, action-packed collection of true stories of heroism from the British Armed Forces.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2009
2 people are currently reading
57 people want to read
About the author
Jeremy Clarkson
62 books1,124 followersJeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring.
He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear.
From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson.
His opinionated but humorous tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting style has often generated much public reaction to his viewpoints. His actions both privately and as a Top Gear presenter have also sometimes resulted in criticism from the media, politicians, pressure groups and the public.
As well as the criticism levelled against him, Clarkson also generated a significant following in the public at large, being credited as a factor in the resurgence of Top Gear to the most popular show on BBC Two, and calls for him to be made Prime Minister. Clarkson himself was keen to downplay his perceived influence on the British public, stating he regularly contradicts himself, and would make a "rubbish" Prime Minister.
He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear.
From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson.
His opinionated but humorous tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting style has often generated much public reaction to his viewpoints. His actions both privately and as a Top Gear presenter have also sometimes resulted in criticism from the media, politicians, pressure groups and the public.
As well as the criticism levelled against him, Clarkson also generated a significant following in the public at large, being credited as a factor in the resurgence of Top Gear to the most popular show on BBC Two, and calls for him to be made Prime Minister. Clarkson himself was keen to downplay his perceived influence on the British public, stating he regularly contradicts himself, and would make a "rubbish" Prime Minister.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
November 30, 2014
This comic was... meh. At first glance, it looks like a book aimed at easily-impressed children aged below ten (the fact one comic is actually called "Something Your Parents Will Understand" does far from change this), who don't understand how brutal war can be. I won't say it goes so far as to glorify war, but I can only count a few comics that actually showed how bad war is. You'll flick through it and read a few comics, but once you've read what you consider most of the comics if not all it'll just collect dust on your bookshelf. Don't pay too much for this.
January 20, 2016
This was really interesting, with lots of information carefully broken up into manageable chunks. Every now and then when reading the comic strip stories of operations I'd suddenly remember 'this really happened' and be hit again with how brave these people really are. Too often with foreign wars we forget these are real people risking their lives. This book brings that point back into focus.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews