Virginia Cowles

This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europes frontline by a trailblazing female reporter is an unforgettable (The Times) rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb.Paris as it fell to the NazisLondon on the first day of the BlitzBerlin the day Germany invaded PolandMadrid in the Spanish Civil WarPrague during the Munich crisisLapland as the Russians attackedMoscow betrayed by the GermansVirginia 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 MailAmazingly brilliant.New York TimesFascinating. Justine PicardieBreathtaking. Anna FunderThrilling. Sue PrideauxA long-overlooked classic that could not be timelier or more engrossing. Paula McLainOne of the best memoirs of war reporting ever written.Caroline MooreheadWhat readers are saying:The queen of historical name-droppingHoly 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 Ive read this year ... Exquisitely written [day-to-day] drama of history ... Breathtakingly fresh.I cant 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!

En 1917, El zar de Rusia, Nicolás II, se vio forzado a abdicar. Este acontecimiento marcó el fin de varios siglos de gobierno imperial autocrático, y la monarquía desapareció cuando el zar y su familia fueron asesinados en misteriosas circunstancias por los bolcheviques. En esta obra Virginia Cowles nos cuenta la tragica historia del timido y politicamente inmaduro gobernante de mas de cien millones de subditos.

Une voix féminine exceptionnelle du journalisme de guerreEn 1936, Virginia Cowles a vingt-six ans quand elle se rend en Europe en tant que reporter de guerre. Elle atterrit en Espagne, alors en pleine guerre civile, et temoigne de Madrid assiegee aux cotes dautres journalistes tels que Martha Gellhorn et Ernest Hemingway.De la, elle se rend sur tous les fronts dEurope, des tranchees finlandaises assaillies par les Russes a Londres bombardee, en passant par Paris au moment de larrivee des troupes nazies. Elle croise les plus grandes figures historiques et journalistiques de son temps mais va aussi a la rencontre des gens ordinaires, paysans, soldats et autres voix anonymes indispensables a son metier. Et se fait le temoin objectif, rigoureux et humaniste des ravages de la guerre.Ce livre est le formidable recit dune epoque charniere de lHistoire, revelateur des coulisses du journalisme de terrain et oeuvre marquante dune femme reporter enfin remise a lhonneur.

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 NazisLondon on the first day of the BlitzBerlin the day Germany invaded PolandMadrid in the Spanish Civil WarPrague during the Munich crisisLapland as the Russians attackedMoscow betrayed by the GermansVirginia Cowles has seen it all.

Las crónicas de guerra de una joven periodista que no eludió ningún riesgo.En marzo de 1937, Virginia Cowles, una joven y despierta periodista norteamericana, llegaba a Madrid para cubrir la contienda española. Complicarse la vida reune las cronicas de la penosa cotidianidad de una poblacion sometida a constantes bombardeos, sus entrevistas a combatientes de ambos bandos (pues no dudo en cruzar las lineas del frente) y la alegre camaraderia con otros corresponsales como Hemingway o Martha Gellhorn. Ademas, gracias a su instinto de periodista, se hallaba en Berlin durante la invasion de Polonia, en Finlandia durante la invasion sovietica, o en 1940 en Paris, poco antes de la capitulacion.Todo ello aparece reunido en estas paginas, llenas de adrenalina belica, inolvidables retratos de jefes de Estado y gente anonima, y tambien de un insobornable sentido del humor ante la adversidad.