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Victoria Cross Heroes (Volume II)
Michael Ashcroft
Publisher: Biteback Publishing www.bitebackpublishing.com ISBN: 978-1-7859-0-097-6 Hardback: 376 pages RRP: £25.00 (not including postage and packing)
LORD ASHCROFT will be no stranger to readers of Britain at War through his regular ‘Hero of the Month’ column in which he highlights Victoria Cross recipients and the remarkable stories of courage behind them.
Michael Ashcroft has long been fascinated by stories of courage and heroism, and has extended his interest to collecting Victoria Cross medal collections whenever they should come up for sale by auction. As a consequence of his passion for the subject, he has amassed a very considerable collection of Victoria Cross, George Cross and other gallantry awards. Most of these are now displayed in the Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth – a project to which he donated more than £5 million in order to see it to fruition. Against this background, then, he has an impeccable track record when it comes to both researching and writing about the histories of the remarkable people who won these supreme awards for bravery.
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