Braver Men Walk Away

The bestselling story of one man's fight against terrorism.Extraordinary courage, steely professionalism and ruthless determination are vital for the bomb-disposal man who risks his life daily to save others. Peter Gurney MBE, GM & Bar is such a man. In this compelling account of a career on the front line of the fight against crime and international terrorism, he tells how: he defuzed the mortar bomb used in the attack on Downing Streetdiscovered the body of his best friend after the Wimpy Bar explosion and then went on to defuze a second devicewas moved to tears by the horror of the Harrods bombingadvised many foreign governments on anti-terrorism, and was an expert witness in the Lockerbie case.Braver Men Walk Away is a fascinating and unique chronicle of an astonishing career, told with the typical humour and modesty of a reluctant hero.