{"product_id":"blood-and-sand-the-bbc-security-correspondents-own-extraordinary-and-inspiring-story-9780857502438","title":"Blood and Sand The BBC security correspondents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGardner is a superb reporter; his terrible experience only make his analysis all the more telling * EVENING STANDARD *\u003cbr\u003eGardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eChilling, graphic and admirably unsentimental... Gardner comes across as a modest, thoroughly decent man... an exemplary foreign correspondent * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eA witty, self-deprecating, inspiring testament * DAILY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eVivid 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 *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738502771031,"sku":"9780857502438","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857502438.jpg?v=1720048913","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-and-sand-the-bbc-security-correspondents-own-extraordinary-and-inspiring-story-9780857502438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}