Cover of The Deadliest Men: The World's Deadliest Combatants Throughout the Ages

The Deadliest Men: The World's Deadliest Combatants Throughout the Ages

Who were the greatest warriors of all time? This book profiles 50, including Myamoto Musashi, Jim Bowie and Geronimo, who faced overwhelming odds, survived terrible wounds, pulled off hairbreadth escapes and piled enemies in heaps. Their stories read like fiction but are all the more riveting because they are true.

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