Only The Stars Are Neutral
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Australian ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the darkest days of the Second World War, American journalist and war correspondent Quentin Reynolds traveled to the most dangerous frontlines on earth — from the burning cities of Britain to the scorching deserts of North Africa — to bear witness to a conflict that was reshaping civilization. Only the Stars Are Neutral is a gripping firsthand account that chronicles Reynolds' extraordinary experiences reporting from the heart of the war, capturing the raw humanity of soldiers and civilians alike amidst the chaos of global conflict. Written with the urgent clarity of a man who has looked death in the face, the narrative presents the war not as abstract strategy but as a visceral, human struggle against tyranny. Reynolds, one of the most celebrated war correspondents of his era, was renowned for his unflinching honesty and his ability to convey the emotional truth of the battlefield to readers back home. His prose carries the weight of lived experience, blending journalistic precision with the narrative power of the finest literary nonfiction. A companion to his earlier works — The Wounded Don't Cry and London Diary — this volume stands as a defining document of wartime reportage, leaving the reader to wonder how any one man could have witnessed so much, and how a world so consumed by darkness ever found its way back to light.
Author: Quentin Reynolds
Format: Hardback
Published: 1943, Angus and Robertson Ltd (Sydney) / Cassell and Co. Ltd (London)
Genre: WW2
Edition: First Australian ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the darkest days of the Second World War, American journalist and war correspondent Quentin Reynolds traveled to the most dangerous frontlines on earth — from the burning cities of Britain to the scorching deserts of North Africa — to bear witness to a conflict that was reshaping civilization. Only the Stars Are Neutral is a gripping firsthand account that chronicles Reynolds' extraordinary experiences reporting from the heart of the war, capturing the raw humanity of soldiers and civilians alike amidst the chaos of global conflict. Written with the urgent clarity of a man who has looked death in the face, the narrative presents the war not as abstract strategy but as a visceral, human struggle against tyranny. Reynolds, one of the most celebrated war correspondents of his era, was renowned for his unflinching honesty and his ability to convey the emotional truth of the battlefield to readers back home. His prose carries the weight of lived experience, blending journalistic precision with the narrative power of the finest literary nonfiction. A companion to his earlier works — The Wounded Don't Cry and London Diary — this volume stands as a defining document of wartime reportage, leaving the reader to wonder how any one man could have witnessed so much, and how a world so consumed by darkness ever found its way back to light.