Eyewitness
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few journalists in the twentieth century witnessed history with the fearless immediacy of Noel Monks, and Eyewitness is his gripping first-hand account of the defining conflicts and crises that shaped the modern world. From the Spanish Civil War to the battlefields of World War II, Monks chronicles his extraordinary career as a frontline war correspondent, placing the reader directly in the heart of the action alongside soldiers, statesmen, and survivors. Written with the unflinching clarity of a seasoned reporter, the memoir presents a vivid portrait of a world in upheaval, illuminating the human cost of war through sharp, unadorned prose that carries the unmistakable authority of a man who was truly there. Monks' narrative is as much a testament to the courage of the correspondents who risked their lives to report the truth as it is a chronicle of the events themselves — leaving the reader to wonder what other untold stories were left behind on those forgotten frontlines.
Author: Noel Monks
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Shakespeare Head
Genre: Biography
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few journalists in the twentieth century witnessed history with the fearless immediacy of Noel Monks, and Eyewitness is his gripping first-hand account of the defining conflicts and crises that shaped the modern world. From the Spanish Civil War to the battlefields of World War II, Monks chronicles his extraordinary career as a frontline war correspondent, placing the reader directly in the heart of the action alongside soldiers, statesmen, and survivors. Written with the unflinching clarity of a seasoned reporter, the memoir presents a vivid portrait of a world in upheaval, illuminating the human cost of war through sharp, unadorned prose that carries the unmistakable authority of a man who was truly there. Monks' narrative is as much a testament to the courage of the correspondents who risked their lives to report the truth as it is a chronicle of the events themselves — leaving the reader to wonder what other untold stories were left behind on those forgotten frontlines.