{"product_id":"going-with-the-boys-judith-mackrell","title":"Going with the Boys (Judith Mackrell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing with the Boys\u003c\/i\u003e follows six intrepid women as their lives and careers intertwined on the front lines of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartha Gellhorn got the scoop on D-Day by traveling to Normandy as a stowaway on a Red Cross ship; Lee Miller went from being a Vogue cover model to the magazine's official war correspondent; Sigrid Schultz hid her Jewish identity and risked her life by reporting on the Nazi regime; Virginia Cowles, transformed herself from 'society girl columnist' to combat reporter; Clare Hollingworth was the first English journalist to break the news of the war, while Helen Kirkpatrick was the first woman to report from an Allied war zone to be granted equal privileges to her male colleagues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarred from official briefings and from combat zones, their lives made deliberately difficult by entrenched prejudice, all six set up their own informal contacts and found their own pockets of war action. In this gripping, intimate and nuanced account, Judith Mackrell celebrates these extraordinary women and reveals how they wrote history as it was being made, changing the face of war reporting forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a book that manages to be thoughtful and edge-of-your-seat thrilling.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like the copy filed by her subjects, it is an essential read.' - \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJudith Mackrell's biography of the Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova, \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Ballerina\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, her group biographies \u003ci\u003eFlappers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoing with the Boys \u003c\/i\u003ewere critically acclaimed and \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Palazzo\u003c\/i\u003e was an international bestseller. She was for many years the dance critic of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, for whom she still writes. She has also appeared on television and radio, as well as writing on dance, co-authoring \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of Dance\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65791958384989,"sku":"K097203877","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9720387700001A.jpg?v=1788379116","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/going-with-the-boys-judith-mackrell","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}