In extremis : the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin
Hilsum, Lindsey2018
Books, Manuscripts
Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. With fierce compassion and honesty, she reported from the most dangerous places in the world, fractured by conflict and genocide, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. In Sri Lanka in 2001, Marie was hit by a grenade and lost the sight in her left eye - resulting in her trademark eye patch - and in 2012 she was killed in Syria. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write 'the first draft of history' and crucially to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age.
Main title:
In extremis : the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin / Lindsey Hilsum.
Author:
Hilsum, Lindsey, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2018.
Collation:
xvi, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784740931 (hbk)
Dewey class:
070.4333092070.433309070.433309 COLB COL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2723807