In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin

Lindsey Hilsum

400 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced

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** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK **‘It has always seemed to me that what I write about is humanity in extremis, pushed to the unendurable, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars.’ Marie Colvin, 2001Marie Colvin was glam...

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