A familiar face from the hit show SAS: Who Dares Wins, Billingham is as tough as they come. Royal Marine, SAS veteran and bodyguard to Hollywood megastars, he has seen extreme combat and gruelling missions aplenty. The Hard Way is his incredible, inspirational story.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.
‘The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham. They are the backbone of the British military and I for one am thankful he is on our side!’ – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'The most experienced Special Forces soldier in recent memory. The Hard Way is brutally brilliant.' – Tom Marcus, Number One bestselling author of Soldier Spy
Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham grew up tough, a grim future ahead of him offering little respite from the hostile streets he walked. Leaving school at thirteen, he ran with gangs in Walsall – and almost died in a knife fight. At sixteen, Billy discovered the British armed forces. It would be the making of him.
Billingham would succeed in passing the Parachute Regiment’s arduous ‘P Company’ selection and training, going on to serve with 3 PARA. He then took on an even bigger challenge: selection for the SAS – the elite special forces unit known for excellence in operating under extreme conditions. Billy excelled in this field, undertaking numerous classified and life-threatening missions. After leaving the army, Billy served as bodyguard to Hollywood stars, including Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The Hard Way details Billy’s story thus far, but will also educate and enthral those wishing to seek a challenge and conquer it – the SAS way.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN: 9781471186769
Number of pages: 272
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
'The most experienced Special Forces soldier in recent memory. The Hard Way is brutally brilliant.' - Tom Marcus, Number One bestselling author of Soldier Spy
‘The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham. They are the backbone of the British military and I for one am thankful he is on our side!’ - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
‘Billy is inspirational and always humble. A giant of a man!’ - Bear Grylls
The fourth SASWhoDaresWins guy to get his biography out is the highest decorated and an MBE.
Starting from a scrubby childhood in Walsall Billy has a couple of run ins with men who, instead of giving him a good...
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If you thought the other trio produced good reads wait until you read this one. As I suspected, the best has been saved to last. Could not put this read down. Great book.
I’m dyslexic and I rlly struggle with reading but this book got me hooked, I read it all in about 2 weeks and I was lucky enough to meet billy a few days after I bought the book
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