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Nov 1, 2018 · She lived life on the edge, often taking risks beyond what others thought prudent. She lost the sight in one eye in Sri Lanka. She lost her life in Syria. This book provides a comprehensive picture of her personality, including her faults as well as her heroism.
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Lindsey Hilsum’s “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin” is a powerful portrait of a woman drawn to danger — and truth.
IN 2001, war correspondent Marie Colvin was in Sri Lanka, covering the Tamil Tigers’ bloody battle for secession for the Sunday Times. Never one to step back from the action, on this occasion, Colvin stepped too far forward – and a hand grenade exploded in her face.
Nov 6, 2018 · In Extremis: The Life and Death of War Reporter Marie Colvin, written by Colvin's friend and prizewinning fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling and powerful investigation into Colvin's epic life and tragic death.
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Nov 6, 2018 · When Marie Colvin was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime.
- Lindsey Hilsum
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In Extremis rescues Marie Colvin from the rubble of Baba Amr, and brings her tragically, and tenderly, to life ― Irish Times Superb. A fitting account of the life of one of the finest war correspondents of our time, written by another.
- Lindsey Hilsum