Looking for Trouble
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Looking for Trouble

Artikel-Nr 0013819938
  • Autor/-inVirginia Cowles
  • VerlagFaber & Faber
  • EinbandartSoftcover
  • Seiten560
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Looking for Trouble

Produktbeschreibung

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 'A long-overlooked classic that could not be timelier or more engrossing. ' Paula McLain 'One of the best memoirs of war reporting ever written.' Caroline Moorehead 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!


Titel & Produktsprache

TitelLooking for Trouble
Untertitel'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor)
SpracheEnglisch
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Titel & Produktsprache

TitelLooking for Trouble
Untertitel'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor)
SpracheEnglisch

Autoren & Verlag

Autor/-inVirginia Cowles
VerlagFaber & Faber

Auflage & Publikationsort

Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum2022-10-20

Buch Eigenschaften

EinbandartSoftcover
Seiten560

Produktdimensionen

Gewicht0.46 kg
Höhe198 mm
Breite129 mm
Dicke33 mm

ISBN

ISBN978-0-571-36755-9

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