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Kill Rommel: The birth of a lethal fighting force...
An action-packed Second World War adventure! Perfect for fans of Robert Jackson, Michael Asher, Gordon Landsborough and Damien Lewis.
The SAS is born…
North Africa, 1941
General Erwin Rommel, commander of the deadly Afrika Korps, is winning the war, inflicting terrible losses on the British in the hostile desert.
In an effort to prevent the German advance on Cairo, Winston Churchill declares that Rommel must die. But who has what it takes to assassinate the Desert Fox?
The task falls to the Commandos, led by ambitious Colonel Geoffrey Keyes. But, unhappy being assigned a supporting role, Captain David Stirling, renegade founder of the new Special Air Service, also wants to undertake the mission.
‘Who dares, wins’ is the motto the new SAS men live by and with this in mind they throw themselves into the fray.
But will they succeed or pay the ultimate price of personal ambition…?
KILL ROMMEL is the first action-packed historical military adventure novel in the O’Sullivans of the SAS series following the fortunes of members of the O’Sullivan family fighting in the SAS in the Second World War.
THE O’SULLIVANS OF THE SAS
BOOK 1: Kill Rommel
BOOK 2: Surprise Attack
BOOK 3: Revenge!
The SAS is born…
North Africa, 1941
General Erwin Rommel, commander of the deadly Afrika Korps, is winning the war, inflicting terrible losses on the British in the hostile desert.
In an effort to prevent the German advance on Cairo, Winston Churchill declares that Rommel must die. But who has what it takes to assassinate the Desert Fox?
The task falls to the Commandos, led by ambitious Colonel Geoffrey Keyes. But, unhappy being assigned a supporting role, Captain David Stirling, renegade founder of the new Special Air Service, also wants to undertake the mission.
‘Who dares, wins’ is the motto the new SAS men live by and with this in mind they throw themselves into the fray.
But will they succeed or pay the ultimate price of personal ambition…?
KILL ROMMEL is the first action-packed historical military adventure novel in the O’Sullivans of the SAS series following the fortunes of members of the O’Sullivan family fighting in the SAS in the Second World War.
THE O’SULLIVANS OF THE SAS
BOOK 1: Kill Rommel
BOOK 2: Surprise Attack
BOOK 3: Revenge!
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2025
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About the author
Charles Whiting
259 books53 followersCharles Whiting was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Ian Harding, Duncan Harding, K.N. Kostov, John Kerrigan, Klaus Konrad, and Leo Kessler.
Born in the Bootham area of York, England, he was a pupil at the prestigious Nunthorpe Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16 to join the British Army by lying about his age. Keen to be in on the wartime action, Whiting was attached to the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment and by the age of 18 saw duty as a sergeant in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in the latter stages of World War II. While still a soldier, he observed conflicts between the highest-ranking British and American generals which he would write about extensively in later years.
After the war, he stayed on in Germany completing his A-levels via correspondence course and teaching English before being enrolled at Leeds University reading History and German Language. As an undergraduate he was afforded opportunities for study at several European universities and, after gaining his degree, would go on to become an assistant professor of history. Elsewhere, Whiting held a variety of jobs which included working as a translator for a German chemical factory and spells as a publicist, a correspondent for The Times and feature writer for such diverse magazines as International Review of Linguistics, Soldier and Playboy.
His first novel was written while still an undergraduate, was published in 1954 and by 1958 had been followed by three wartime thrillers. Between 1960 and 2007 Charles went on to write over 350 titles, including 70 non-fiction titles covering varied topics from the Nazi intelligence service to British Regiments during World War II.
One of his publishers, Easingwold-based Rupert Smith of GH Smith & Son said he was a quiet man and prolific writer.
"He's one of a band of forgotten authors because he sold millions of copies and still, up to his death was doing publishing deals.He was the kind of man who was very self-effacing, one of Britain's forgotten authors, still working at 80 years of age, with his nose down and kicking out books."
Charles Henry Whiting, author and military historian died on July 24 2007, leaving his wife and son.
Born in the Bootham area of York, England, he was a pupil at the prestigious Nunthorpe Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16 to join the British Army by lying about his age. Keen to be in on the wartime action, Whiting was attached to the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment and by the age of 18 saw duty as a sergeant in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in the latter stages of World War II. While still a soldier, he observed conflicts between the highest-ranking British and American generals which he would write about extensively in later years.
After the war, he stayed on in Germany completing his A-levels via correspondence course and teaching English before being enrolled at Leeds University reading History and German Language. As an undergraduate he was afforded opportunities for study at several European universities and, after gaining his degree, would go on to become an assistant professor of history. Elsewhere, Whiting held a variety of jobs which included working as a translator for a German chemical factory and spells as a publicist, a correspondent for The Times and feature writer for such diverse magazines as International Review of Linguistics, Soldier and Playboy.
His first novel was written while still an undergraduate, was published in 1954 and by 1958 had been followed by three wartime thrillers. Between 1960 and 2007 Charles went on to write over 350 titles, including 70 non-fiction titles covering varied topics from the Nazi intelligence service to British Regiments during World War II.
One of his publishers, Easingwold-based Rupert Smith of GH Smith & Son said he was a quiet man and prolific writer.
"He's one of a band of forgotten authors because he sold millions of copies and still, up to his death was doing publishing deals.He was the kind of man who was very self-effacing, one of Britain's forgotten authors, still working at 80 years of age, with his nose down and kicking out books."
Charles Henry Whiting, author and military historian died on July 24 2007, leaving his wife and son.
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