This long overdue account not only details the incredible deeds of Canada's ninety-five VC winners, but offers fascinating and little- known intimate glimpses of the man behind the hero. It is a wonderful ramble through 150 years of world history, studded with lively anecdotes about military, naval and air actions in two world wars, as well as in the Crimean, Burma, the Boer Wars and even Canada's own Riel Rebellion. A must-read for all Canadians.