Deadline & Dateline
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the fog-shrouded newsrooms of Fleet Street to the sun-scorched front lines of global conflicts, Deadline & Dateline chronicles the remarkable career of one of Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondents. René MacColl, the legendary roving reporter for the Daily Express, presents a vivid memoir of a life lived at the epicentre of the twentieth century's most defining moments — wars, political upheavals, royal tours, and the electric atmosphere of breaking news from every corner of the globe. MacColl writes with the sharp, witty authority of a man who has interviewed heads of state, witnessed history firsthand, and filed dispatches under impossible pressure. His prose carries the urgent, punchy cadence of a seasoned journalist, blending sharp-eyed reportage with warm personal anecdote. A compelling portrait of a vanishing golden age of international journalism, this memoir leaves the reader wondering what it truly costs a man to spend a lifetime bearing witness to the world's greatest stories — and whether the dateline is ever really left behind.
Author: René Maccoll
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the fog-shrouded newsrooms of Fleet Street to the sun-scorched front lines of global conflicts, Deadline & Dateline chronicles the remarkable career of one of Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondents. René MacColl, the legendary roving reporter for the Daily Express, presents a vivid memoir of a life lived at the epicentre of the twentieth century's most defining moments — wars, political upheavals, royal tours, and the electric atmosphere of breaking news from every corner of the globe. MacColl writes with the sharp, witty authority of a man who has interviewed heads of state, witnessed history firsthand, and filed dispatches under impossible pressure. His prose carries the urgent, punchy cadence of a seasoned journalist, blending sharp-eyed reportage with warm personal anecdote. A compelling portrait of a vanishing golden age of international journalism, this memoir leaves the reader wondering what it truly costs a man to spend a lifetime bearing witness to the world's greatest stories — and whether the dateline is ever really left behind.