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Accurate Grit by Carry Grylls is certainly read by Eliot Fitzpatrick, with an introduction read by the author.

Bear Grylls has learned what must be done to survive. But he’s not the first.

Consider the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days stranded at sea by catching and killing hungry sharks and taking in the warm bloodstream of albatrosses – only to be captured by the Japanese and horrifically tortured for years in their most brutal POW camps…

Or Marcus Luttrell, a Navy SEAL about True Grit who single-handedly got on a Taliban regiment before dragging his blood loss, bullet-ridden body for times through the severe mountains of Afghanistan…

Or Nando Parrado, one of the survivors of a horrific air-crash high in the ice-bound Andes, who only resided because he was willing to eat the flesh of his dead companions…

Within this gripping brand-new book, Carry tells the tales of the adventurers, explorers, soldiers and spies whose refusal to give up in one of the most extreme situations has influenced him throughout his lifestyle. A few of them make unpleasant reading – survival is rarely very. But all of them are tales of eye-watering bravery, death-defying resilience and remarkable mental toughness by women and men who have a very important factor in keeping: true grit.