Books by Virginia Cowles
“Cowles is a bit of a forgotten author now, but I think she was one of the greatest of the American journalists to emerge from World War Two. She was first a gossip columnist, a fairly high-born lady in Boston, writing society gossip. But she managed to convince her editor to send her to Spain to cover the Civil War. She followed the flames of that war across the map of Europe, to Poland, to the Arctic, to London for the Blitz.” Read more...
The Best Books by War Correspondents
James MacManus, Journalist
Interviews where books by Virginia Cowles were recommended
The Best Books by War Correspondents, recommended by James MacManus
A war correspondent’s job is to be as close to the front line as possible and to provide as unbiased an account of a conflict as they can, explains the veteran journalist James MacManus. Here he selects five of the best books by war correspondents and explains why memories of that lifestyle now offer him literary inspiration.
