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" A stunningly good biography – compelling, revelatory and very moving. " A wonderful book – a fitting tribute, certainly, but also a well-told tale of a remarkable life" (Jane Bonham Carter Sunday Times) Now, thanks to Hilsum's deeply reported and passionately written book, Colvin has the full accounting that she deserves" (Joshua Hammer New York Times) Hilsum draws an empathetic portrait of a woman whose courage often crossed into recklessness, both in combat zones and outside them. " An extraordinary account of one reporter's fearless and ultimately fatal dedication. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. * Marie Colvin is remembered in two films: Under the Wire, a drama-doc about Marie’s last trip to Syria, and A Private War, a feature film about her life, starring Rosamund Pike* In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention. Drawing on unpublished diaries and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, Hilsum conjures a fiercely compassionate, complex woman who was driven to an extraordinary life and tragic death. Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her time. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story, including being smuggled into Syria where she was killed in 2012. Her anecdotes about encounters with dictators and presidents – including Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat, whom she knew well – were incomparable. Marie covered the major conflicts of our time: Israel and Palestine, Chechnya, East Timor, Sri Lanka – where she was hit by a grenade and lost sight in her left eye, resulting in her trademark eye-patch – Iraq and Afghanistan. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write ‘the first draft of history’ and to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD **Marie Colvin is the subject of a major biopic starring Rosamund Pike**