Norman_Conquest
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The beginning seems to support your stance on here regarding stories being embellished by someone who knew someone who had been there, just to improve the story.
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Millbrook
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I read this comment as a negative until I read the extract. It seems positive so perhaps the challenge is more about his 'rogue' reputation.
Look forward to hearing what you think of it.
Norman_Conquest
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It wasn't meant to sound negative, I’ve just struggled to buy into the theory that Mayne had issues with authority. He played rugby at a high level (British and Irish Lions), and any disciplinary issues would have been raised here; Also, to be able to pull off the daring raids he was involved in, it would have taken a high degree of intelligence and discipline for them to succeed.
His niece sums this up in the preface of the book when she says she's listened to each story told about Mayne on numerous occasions and on each time the story had to be a better version than the time before.
Glover_elbow
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I watched the first couple of episodes and just thought it was such a juvenile glorification of war it could have come out of a Victor comic strip. Unimpressed events might be true but it was like watching an Indiana Jones movie
Jedi boro
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The campaigns depicted are all real the gung ho death or glory approach was true as was the insane training regime as they basically did what most thought was impossible.
It was the peaky blinders diatribe and obvious tropes to fit their narrative I objected to.
Stirling famously never swore as he hated foul language for one.
But the over the top victor like story lines were accurate