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Looking for Trouble - 'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor) (Hardcover, Main)
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Discovery Miles 4 500
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Looking for Trouble - 'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor) (Hardcover, Main)
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Loot Price R450
Discovery Miles 4 500
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This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europe's frontline
by a trailblazing female reporter is an 'unforgettable' (The Times)
rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb (who calls her
'the Forrest Gump of journalism'). Paris as it fell to the Nazis
London on the first day of the Blitz Berlin the day Germany invaded
Poland Madrid in the Spanish Civil War Prague during the Munich
crisis Lapland as the Russians attacked Moscow betrayed by the
Germans Virginia Cowles has seen it all. As a pioneering female
correspondent, she reported from the frontline of 1930s Europe into
the Second World War, always in the right place at the right time.
Flinging off her heels under shellfire; meeting Hitler ('an
inconspicuous little man'); gossiping with Churchill by his
goldfish pond; dancing in the bomb-blasted Ritz ... Introduced by
Christina Lamb, Cowles' incredible dispatches make you an
eyewitness to the twentieth century as you have never experienced
it before. 'An amazingly brilliant reporter ... One of the most
engrossing [books] the war has produced.' New York Times Book
Review What readers are saying: The queen of historical
name-dropping Holy cow! What a wonderful find!! Most unexpectedly
great book that I have read in years. Reads like a novel [but] this
is real life. The best book I've read this year ... Exquisitely
written [day-to-day] drama of history ... Breathtakingly fresh. I
can't recommend this book enough. Cowles' voice and humanity are
her greatest assets, but her willingness to be where the action was
- and always find trouble - paid off. A marvel. Her ability to
capture anecdotes and dialogue that offer surprising insights into
historic personages and events is a frequent source of wonder. It
was difficult for me not to drive my family crazy wanting to read
them quotes. The intrepid Virginia Cowles was in the right places
at the right times and connected to the right people. What a life
she led!
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