{"product_id":"of-fortunes-and-war-9781473664814","title":"Of Fortunes and War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The list of female war reporters is long and distinguished. But the great-grandmother of them all was Clare Hollingworth\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''She was a pioneer'' \u003c\/i\u003eKate Adie OBE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Unputdownable'' \u003c\/i\u003eAlexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''One of the most unforgettable journalists I have ever met''\u003c\/i\u003e Chris Patten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THE NEW BBC DRAMA \u003ci\u003eWORLD ON FIRE\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegendary pioneering journalist Clare Hollingworth died in Hong Kong aged 105 in January 2017 after an illustrious career spanning the great events of the 20th century. Clare was famous for getting ''\u003cb\u003ethe scoop of the century\u003c\/b\u003e'': t\u003cb\u003ehe outbreak of the World War 2\u003c\/b\u003e. From witnessing the first aerial bombings against England in the First World War, through \u003cb\u003eHitler''s Blitzkrieg\u003c\/b\u003e, Clare''s résumé included desert war in North Africa, civil war in Greece, terrorism in Jerusalem, \u003cb\u003enaming Philby\u003c\/b\u003e as the Third\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of an extraordinary career. This \u003cb\u003evivid \u003c\/b\u003estory, b\u003cb\u003eeautifully told\u003c\/b\u003e, is \u003cb\u003eunputdownable\u003c\/b\u003e * Alexander McCall Smith *\u003cbr\u003eClare Hollingworth is certainly \u003cb\u003eone of the most unforgettable journalists I have ever met and one of the greatest journalists of the 20th century\u003c\/b\u003e * Chris Patten *\u003cbr\u003eShe was regarded by everyone as \u003cb\u003ethe most formidable foreign correspondent around, not just of women but out of everyone\u003c\/b\u003e * John Humphrys *\u003cbr\u003eClare Hollingworth was \u003cb\u003eone of the greatest reporters of the 20th century\u003c\/b\u003e, and famously scooped the competition by reporting the German invasion of Poland in 1939 before anyone else did, for the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e * Charles Moore *\u003cbr\u003eShe was \u003cb\u003ea pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e * Kate Adie OBE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare made an extraordinary impact in journalism\u003c\/b\u003e. Who did the first interview with the Shah of Iran? Clare Hollingworth. Who did the last interview all those years - 30 - 40 - years later, after he fell? Clare Hollingworth. And she was the only person he wanted to speak to. And that's really the measure of the woman * John Simpson CBE *\u003cbr\u003eIt was her dispatches that alerted the British Foreign Office to the fact that Germany had invaded Poland in 1939. \u003cb\u003eMany of us who have come afterwards, and the generations afterwards, look back and are proud to remember that it is not us pioneering. It's them. It's Clare and that band of women who really did it for us\u003c\/b\u003e * Christiane Amanpour CBE *\u003cbr\u003eClare Hollingworth was\u003cb\u003e a remarkable journalist\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ean inspiration to all reporters but in particular to subsequent generations of women foreign correspondents\u003c\/b\u003e * Chris Evans, editor, Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Garrett's biography of his great-aunt Clare Hollingworth, Of Fortunes and War, is an enthrallingly well-researched and clear-eyed account of the career of this fearless war correspondent. It's fascinating on the excitements of life in wartime Bucharest and Beirut and on Hollingworth's friendship with Burgess, Maclean and Philby, as well as satisfyingly thorough on her personal life. -- Markie Robson-Scott * The Tablet *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084010135895,"sku":"9781473664814","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473664814.jpg?v=1725550751","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-fortunes-and-war-9781473664814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}