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A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades / Marie Brenner.

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A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades / Marie Brenner.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVbZzBVAl

A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades / Marie Brenner.

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Full title

A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades / Marie Brenner.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2018.

Uniform title

Works. Selections, Vanity fair (New York, N.Y. : 1983) and New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)

Call Numbers

G 2018/6851

Record Identifier

74VKVbZzBVAl

MMS ID

991024200807202626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

336 pages ; 21 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction -- Marie Colvin's private war -- The ballad of Richard Jewell -- The target -- After the gold rush -- France's scarlet letter -- Judge Motley's verdict -- The man who knew too much -- How Donald Trump and Roy Cohn's ruthless symbiosis changed America.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2018.

Edition

First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2018.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. In February 2012, Marie Colvin crossed into Syria on the back of a motorcycle. A veteran war correspondent known for her fearlessness, outs...

Alternative Titles

Full title

A private war : Marie Colvin and other tales of heroes, scoundrels, and renegades / Marie Brenner.

Variant title

Vanity fair (New York, N.Y. : 1983)

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Movie tie-in edition.

"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.

"This pieces in this collection were originally published in Vanity Fair. The piece 'Judge Motley's verdict' was originally published in the New Yorker"--Title page verso.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2018/6851

Record Identifier

74VKVbZzBVAl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVbZzBVAl

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781501183867 (trade paperback)

1501183869 (trade paperback)

DDC

070.92

MMS ID

991024200807202626

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