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Lindsey Hilsum

    Lindsey Hilsum est une rédactrice et correspondante internationale primée dont le travail plonge au cœur des conflits mondiaux et des bouleversements politiques. Elle possède une remarquable capacité à capturer la dimension humaine au sein des grands événements mondiaux, des zones de guerre aux mouvements sociaux importants. Par son reportage et son écriture perspicaces, Hilsum offre aux lecteurs une compréhension approfondie des réalités complexes, ce qui en fait une voix essentielle dans le journalisme contemporain.

    In Extremis
    In extremis : the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin
    • In Extremis

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      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 AWARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. 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. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story. Fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum draws on unpublished diaries and interviews with friends, family and colleagues to produce a story of one of the most daring and inspirational women of our times. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD

      In Extremis2018
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