AS GOOD AS ANY MAN (SCOTLANDS BLACK TOMMY)

When the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a mystery. They were written by Arthur Roberts while he served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers and went into great detail about what it was like for him during the Battle of Passchendaele, yet little else was known about him. The authors have painstakingly researched Roberts’ life history and filled in the gaps. From his birth in Bristol, to his life in Glasgow and time at the front, they provide here much more than just a war memoir, but the unique history of one man’s remarkable life.