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`A smashing tale of history and handbags and the role of the bra in a danger zone.' --The Independent on Sunday
`Dame Ann Leslie is one of the greatest journalists of her generation. This is a masterpiece - always self-deprecating, always exciting, always witty.' --A.N.Wilson
`A vivid, absorbing book which, like Leslie's best journalism, conveys what it's like to live through wars, civil conflicts, oppression and historic change.' --The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian
`A marvellous memoir of great insight and wit from one of Britain's most formidable and accomplished journalists.' --Andrew Neil
`This is a cracking read!'
--Paul O'Grady Paul O'Grady Paul O'Grady
`If you want to know what journalism is really like, read her book: it's wonderful.' --Andrew Marr
`Ann Leslie has always seen the key details and written them down with a passion, tension and wit which remind us why journalists call assignments a "good story".' --Mark Lawson Mark Lawson Mark Lawson
`A memoir that is not only entertaining but could serve as a vade mecum to recent world history.' --The Scotsman
`You can't help being enthralled by this most extraordinary story. Leslie describes encounters with pin-ups and prime ministers, debs and dictators'. --Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
`Ann Leslie is quite simply one of the most fearless, talented and witty journalists in Britain today.'
--Gavin Esler
`A Daily Mail veteran who writes like a salsa-dancing viper.' --Daily Echo
`Ann Leslie emerges from this memoir exactly as you might have expected: shrewd, hard and crafty, but also loyal, truthful and brave.'
--Times Literary Supplement
`Dame Ann Leslie is one of the greatest journalists of her generation. This is a masterpiece - always self-deprecating, always exciting, always witty.' --A.N.Wilson
`A vivid, absorbing book which, like Leslie's best journalism, conveys what it's like to live through wars, civil conflicts, oppression and historic change.' --The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian
`A marvellous memoir of great insight and wit from one of Britain's most formidable and accomplished journalists.' --Andrew Neil
`This is a cracking read!'
--Paul O'Grady Paul O'Grady Paul O'Grady
`If you want to know what journalism is really like, read her book: it's wonderful.' --Andrew Marr
`Ann Leslie has always seen the key details and written them down with a passion, tension and wit which remind us why journalists call assignments a "good story".' --Mark Lawson Mark Lawson Mark Lawson
`A memoir that is not only entertaining but could serve as a vade mecum to recent world history.' --The Scotsman
`You can't help being enthralled by this most extraordinary story. Leslie describes encounters with pin-ups and prime ministers, debs and dictators'. --Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
`Ann Leslie is quite simply one of the most fearless, talented and witty journalists in Britain today.'
--Gavin Esler
`A Daily Mail veteran who writes like a salsa-dancing viper.' --Daily Echo
`Ann Leslie emerges from this memoir exactly as you might have expected: shrewd, hard and crafty, but also loyal, truthful and brave.'
--Times Literary Supplement
Gavin Esler, Newsnight presenter and thriller writer
'Ann Leslie is quite simply one of the most fearless, talented and witty journalists in Britain today.'
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You may disagree with Ann Leslie's views but her views are not formed by sitting on the armchair and watching telly. She has had a first hand account of events and met the personalities who have shaped our world. She has the guts to stand up to tyrants and the wisdom that does not allow her to be fooled. Add to her courage and wisdom, her remarkable humour and you will see why this is a fascinating book to read.
As until I am writing this review she is the only Western journalist I know who has reported the massacre of Iranian political prisoners in 1988 and been to their mass graves in Khavaraan cemetery outside Tehran.
As until I am writing this review she is the only Western journalist I know who has reported the massacre of Iranian political prisoners in 1988 and been to their mass graves in Khavaraan cemetery outside Tehran.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Self-deprecating, humorous, and at times touching. Altogether this is a thoroughly entertaining account of one woman's adventures in the male-dominated world of print journalism.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Leslie writes in an engaging way about her long life as a journalist, travelling the world and meeting more famous people than you could shake a stick at.
She's at her most amusing describing the antics of people she dislikes, such as the Clintons (both of them) and Princesses Margaret and Diana. She claims that the only time she was forced to amend her copy was when she described Diana as 'promiscuous' and a shocked editor took it out.
Occasionally, she bigs herself up a bit, sneaking into places where lesser mortals fail, usually by putting on a dotty-old-lady act, in a way that's not always convincing, but this is a rattling good read and will while away several happy hours.
She's at her most amusing describing the antics of people she dislikes, such as the Clintons (both of them) and Princesses Margaret and Diana. She claims that the only time she was forced to amend her copy was when she described Diana as 'promiscuous' and a shocked editor took it out.
Occasionally, she bigs herself up a bit, sneaking into places where lesser mortals fail, usually by putting on a dotty-old-lady act, in a way that's not always convincing, but this is a rattling good read and will while away several happy hours.
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memoir
I must admit I found this book pretty heavy going. Wow what a life she leads, I stuck at it and would recommend it but with something lighter in between. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. C. Say
Killing my own snakes
This was good read if a little long winded at times. Worth struggling through. Easy to see why Ann Leslie remains such a popular spokesperson on the TV. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2009 by M. E. Jones
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