Or is it down to the trio of supercool teens at my elbow, egging me on in this unprecedented display of bravery?
In 1906, when she came to Madrid to rule, she got off to a good start with the people with her display of bravery, when the King and she narrowly escaped bombing.
In a stunning display of bravery Conando O'Brien rescued a damsel in distress last night from an evil man with dastardly plans.
Dumas turns the great actors on the world's stage — the king; the queen; her admirer, Lord Buckingham; and Louis's crafty, Dick Cheney-like adviser/puppeteer, Cardinal Richelieu — into bit players, characters whose function is simply to provide opportunities for spectacular displays of bravery, loyalty and mother wit on the part of the musketeers and their young comrade-in-arms, D'Artagnan.
As the authors of this brilliant history point out, the Great Game was a dry run for the cold war, avoiding outright conflict but marked by the same search for influence and the same displays of bravery and cussedness, though whether the story of the cold war will ever seem as exciting as this, I doubt.
Still, he saved one of his most memorable displays of bravery-cum-stupidity for that special day, attempting to block Chico Flores shot by smashing his own head into the turf.
In the wake of Jones' death, I got in touch with Tiana Miller, a transgender Jamaican, who hopes that her openness about her gender and sexuality will inspire others to display similar levels of bravery. .
There, he said, trust is built by displays of personal bravery.
It was a terrific display of athleticism and bravery.
The politics of the situation aside - which the programme doesn't even try to address - Kemp and his crew have displayed an insane level of bravery to garner this footage, especially when you consider it's shot in HD (HD cameras are far heavier than standard ones, which means heavier equipment and more of it: no fun when you're dragging it through a chaotic war zone).
Reed's fellow guests assured him that his father's display of conscience was also a sign of bravery, but Reed was not convinced by this.
