Hilsum draws an empathetic portrait of a woman whose courage often crossed into recklessness, both in combat zones and outside them. Short-listed for Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019 (UK)Īn extraordinary account of one reporter's fearless and ultimately fatal dedication. Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2019 (UK) A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD Read more Fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum draws on unpublished diaries and interviews with friends, family and colleagues to produce a story of one of the most daring and inspirational women of our times. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world and her anecdotes about encounters with figures like Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat were incomparable. WARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK A. In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
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