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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. 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 WWII 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. 'A tour-de-force.' Daily Mail 'Amazingly brilliant.' New
York Times 'Fascinating.' Justine Picardie 'Breathtaking.' Anna
Funder 'Thrilling.' Sue Prideaux '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!
In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's
Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small
group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated
deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles through the
deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night,
destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains
and killing many times their own number. The men were the Special
Air Service, the SAS, the brainchild of David Stirling, a
deceptively mild-mannered man with a brilliant idea. Under his
command, small teams of resourceful, highly trained men penetrated
beyond the front lines of the opposing armies and wreaked havoc
where the Germans least expected it. Virginia Cowles's The Phantom
Major is a classic account of these raids, an amazing tale of
courage, impudence and daring, packed with action and high
adventure. Her narrative, based on the eyewitness testimony of the
men who took part, gives a fascinating insight into the early years
of the SAS.Virginia Cowles was an American war correspondent and
historian. Her book about her own experiences as a journalist from
1936-42, Looking for Trouble, has recently been re-issued by Faber
Finds. Her play, written with Martha Gellhorn, Love Goes to Press!,
will have a revival on Broadway in 2011. Among her biographies are:
Winston Churchill: The Era and the Man, The Astors: Story of a
Transatlantic Family, The Romanovs, The Rothschilds: A Family of
Fortune and Great Marlborough and His Duchess.
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!
Winston Churchill THE ERA AND THE MAN By VIRGINIA COWLES The
Universal Library GROSSET DUNLAP NEW YORK TO THE ENDURING
INSPIRATION OF MY MOTHER FLORENCE JAQUITH COWLES FOREWORD IN THIS
book I have attempted to tell of Mr. Churchills early days, the
influences brought to bear upon him as a young man, and to present,
as objectively as possible, an account of his prodigious career. I
have not tried to draw a veil over the less successful periods nor,
I hope, have I withheld praise and admiration for his great
contributions. Mr. Churchill stands out as a titan among his fellow
men. Consequently his mistakes and triumphs are often intermingled
on a grandiose scale, and his personality seldom fails to draw a
challenge. As a statesman he moved through four decades of
tumultuous events before he reached the grand climax of his life.
But in retrospect his political misfortunes seem provi dential, for
without them he might not have been set apart, or spared, as Mr.
Attlee once put it, to lead his country in the stirring days of
1940. When I saw Mr. Churchill at the French Embassy in 1950 and
told him I was planning to write his biography he growled
good-naturedly Theres nothing much in that field left unploughed.
However, he did not tal into consideration the unusual fertility of
the ground and I hope the reader will not be disappointed in the
harvest I have been helped by the innumerable biographies and
memoirs to which I have given acknow ledgment, by the newspapers
and magazines of the last fifty years, and by information gathered
from people whose paths at one time or another have crossed those
of Mr. Churchill. A number of friends were kind enough to offer
comment and criticism on thefinished work. Although I do not
pretend to reflect their views in the interpretation I have given,
I would like to thank Mr. Leo Amery, Mr. Robert Boothby and Mr.
William Deakin for reading the book in manuscript form. VIRGINIA
COWLES Kingsbridge, Steeple Ckydon, Buckingham. A CKNO WLEDGMEN TS
GRATEFUL acknowledgment is made to the following publishers for
some of the selections reprinted in this volume Christophers Ltd.
London Incidents and Reflections by J. B. Atkins J. ML Dent Sons,
Ltd. London Certain People of Importance Pillars of Society and
Prophets, Priests and Kings by A. C. Gardiner Doubleday Company,
Inc. Life of Lord Fisher by R. H. Bacon and Politicians and the War
by Lord Beaverbrook Harcourt, Brace Company, Inc. The Economic
Consequences of Mr. Churchill by J. M. Keynes and Intimate Diary of
the Peace Conference and Afterwards by Lord Riddell Henry Holt
Conpany, Inc. A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Houseman Houghton Mifflin
Company The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill Alfred A.
Knopf, Inc. My Diaries by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Little, Brown
Company and Lord Beaverbrook War Memoirs of David Lloyd George by
David Lloyd George Little, Brown Company Memories and Reflections
by the Earl of Ox ford and Asquith Longmans, Green Company, Inc.
Our Partnership by Beatrice Webb William Morrow Company Lifes Ebb
and Flow by Frances, Countess of Warwick Nicholson Watson, Ltd.
London C. F. G. Masterman by Luch Masterman and War Diary by Lord
Riddell Odhams Press, Ltd. London Lord Randolph Churchill by
Winston S. Churchill 3. P. Putnams Sons Great Contemporaries by
Winston S. Churchill and Anglo-American Memories by George Smalley
Charles Scribners Sons The Aftermath by Winston S.Churchill Amid
These Storms by Winston S. Churchill, in footnotes referring to the
British tide Thoughts and Adventures Marlborough by Winston S.
Churchill A Roving Commission by Winston S. Churchill, in footnotes
referring to the British tide My Early Life The World Crisis by
Winston S. Churchill Fighting in Flanders by E...
Written in the aftermath of World War II, "Love Goes to Press"
opened in London in 1946 and on Broadway in 1947. At the time a
relief for the survivors of Blitzkrieg and ration cards, today it
is a devilishly entertaining portrayal of the Battle of the Sexes.
In this romantic farce, set in a press camp on the Italian front in
1944, two women war correspondents--smart, sexy, and famous for
scooping their male competitors--struggle to balance their
professional lives with their love lives. The American literary
tradition is replete with stories of "men without women," but in
"Love Goes to Press" Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles have
created a world of "women without men." Complications ensue when
one of our heroines unexpectedly encounters her ex-husband, a
famous writer whom she had divorced on the grounds of plagiarism.
This Bison Books edition features a preface and an updated
afterword by Sandra Spanier discussing her recent archival
discoveries, her experience of working with Gellhorn to publish the
play for the first time, and the strong resemblance of the leading
man to Gellhorn's ex-husband, Ernest Hemingway.
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