Random House presents the audiobook release of In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, written and read by Lindsey Hilsum.

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‘It has always seemed to me that what I reveal is humanity in extremis, pushed to the unendurable, and that it’s important to show people what actually happens in wars.’ Marie Colvin, 2001

Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver compared to the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. With brutal about In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin compassion and integrity, she reported from the most dangerous locations in the globe, fractured by conflict and genocide, going in further and staying longer than other people. In Sri Lanka in 2001, Marie was hit with a grenade and lost the view in her remaining eye – leading to her trademark attention patch – and in 2012 she was wiped out in Syria. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of battle, to create ‘the 1st draft of history’ and crucially to shine a light in the suffering of common people.

Compiled by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is actually the story of the most daring battle reporter of her age. Sketching on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie’s friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the tale of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.