The story is fast-moving and filled with heroic derring-do, impressive action sequences, and deeply-felt tragedy. |
The programme will be of interest to those who either know nothing about the siege, or who never tire of hearing the same violent tale of derring-do repeated time and again. |
Still, despite its linguistic derring-do, Vernon God Little is less a satire than a burlesque. |
Now, I'm sure some of you with a more sceptical nature might find my tales of invisible derring-do a little hard to believe. |
A swashbuckling sea adventure with loads of derring-do, swordfights, mutinies and good old fashioned maiden rescues. |
Later in the same action, Lieutenant Rutherford, leading his men with the same derring-do, took another pill box and 35 further prisoners. |