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It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range.

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Gardner is a superb reporter; his terrible experience only make his analysis all the more telling * EVENING STANDARD *
Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world * SUNDAY TIMES *
Chilling, graphic and admirably unsentimental... Gardner comes across as a modest, thoroughly decent man... an exemplary foreign correspondent * GUARDIAN *
A witty, self-deprecating, inspiring testament * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Vivid detail... entertaining anecdotes... Gardner is a tremendous model for what relations between East and West can be... a fine introduction both to journalism and to the culture of the Middle East * INDEPENDENT *

Blood and Sand The BBC security correspondents

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      Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
      Publication Date: 22/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9780857502438, 978-0857502438
      ISBN10: 0857502433
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range.

      Trade Review
      Gardner is a superb reporter; his terrible experience only make his analysis all the more telling * EVENING STANDARD *
      Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world * SUNDAY TIMES *
      Chilling, graphic and admirably unsentimental... Gardner comes across as a modest, thoroughly decent man... an exemplary foreign correspondent * GUARDIAN *
      A witty, self-deprecating, inspiring testament * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
      Vivid detail... entertaining anecdotes... Gardner is a tremendous model for what relations between East and West can be... a fine introduction both to journalism and to the culture of the Middle East * INDEPENDENT *

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