{"product_id":"9781471180705-a-private-war","title":"A Private War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe film tie-in to \u003ci\u003eA Private War\u003c\/i\u003e, the superb new film starring Rosamund Pike as journalist Marie Colvin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture - starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci and Jamie Dornan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that inspired the film \u003ci\u003eA Private War\u003c\/i\u003e, based on acclaimed journalist Marie Brenner’s centrepiece profile of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Foreign Affairs correspondent Marie Colvin from this extraordinary collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In February 2012, Marie Colvin illegally crossed into \u003cb\u003eSyria\u003c\/b\u003e on the back of a motorcycle. A \u003cb\u003eveteran war correspondent\u003c\/b\u003e known for her \u003cb\u003efearlessness, outspokenness\u003c\/b\u003e and signature eye patch, she was defying a government decree preventing journalists from entering the country. Accompanied by French photographer Remi Ochlik, she was determined to report on the Syrian Civil War, adding to a long list of conflicts she had covered including Egypt, Chechnya, Kosovo and Libya. She had witnessed grenade attacks, saved more than one thousand women and children in an East Timor war zone when she refused to stop reporting until they were evacuated, and even interviewed Muammar Gaddafi. But she had no idea that the story she was looking for in Syria would be her last, culminating in the explosion of an improvised device that sent shockwaves across the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Private War\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran journalist Marie Brenner brilliantly re-creates the last days and hours of Colvin’s life, moment-by-moment, to share the story of a remarkable life lived on the front lines. This collection also includes Brenner's classic accounts of encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai and Richard Jewell\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535936594294,"sku":"9781471180705","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31831123.jpg?v=1774283486","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471180705-a-private-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}