New Releases by Christina Lamb

In the face of Taliban oppression, one girl''s unwavering defiance sparked a worldwide movement. Shot in the head for daring to seek an education, Malala Yousafzai defied all odds, emerging stronger than ever. From a valley in Pakistan to the global stage, she became a beacon of peaceful resistance and the youngest Nobel laureate. I Am Malala is an extraordinary story of resilience, a family shattered by terrorism and the power of one voice to inspire change in the world. ''Moving and illuminating'' OBSERVER ''Inspirational and powerful'' GRAZIA ''Astonishing'' SPECTATOR ''A tale of immense courage and conviction'' THE INDEPENDENT ''One finishes the book full of admiration'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Malala is a true inspiration'' THE SUN ''Piercingly wise'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Neste livro, a coautora de Eu sou Malala Christina Lamb nos faz testemunhas da vida de mulheres durante a guerra e ilumina algumas das partes mais sombrias da experiência humana — para que possamos encontrar um novo caminho a seguir. "No mundo todo, o corpo da mulher ainda é algo muito próximo de um campo de batalha, e centenas de milhares de mulheres carregam as marcas invisíveis da guerra. Por isso, dispus-me a contar a história de algumas delas em suas próprias palavras." É o que diz Christina Lamb, uma das mais corajosas correspondentes de guerra da atualidade, no começo deste livro. Nele, a autora narra tragédias e desafios na vida de mulheres em tempos de guerra. E nada é mais devastador do que o aumento do uso do estupro como arma. Ao visitar zonas de guerra de todo o mundo, ela registra as mais angustiantes histórias de violência de gênero, desde as meninas iazidi feitas de escravas sexuais por combatentes do Estado Islâmico e das milhares de alunas sequestradas no norte da Nigéria por Boko Haram, à luta de um ginecologista congolês que sutura mais vítimas de estupro do que qualquer outro no mundo. Narrado como se fosse uma peregrinação e estruturado por país, Nosso corpo, seu campo de batalha dá voz a mulheres violentadas e negligenciadas em áreas subjugadas pela guerra, em que a humanidade já não se faz mais presente. "Um alerta para a magnitude e os horrores do estupro na guerra — o crime de guerra mais negligenciado do mundo. As histórias dessas mulheres farão você chorar e depois se enfurecer com a indiferença do mundo." — Amal Clooney, advogada especializada em direitos humanos.

"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren''t allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn''t go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school. No one expected her to survive. Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize nominee. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, which includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world -- and did. Malala''s powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person -- one young person -- can inspire change in her community and beyond."--

« Quand vous rentrerez, je veux que vous racontiez ce que vous avez vu. S’il vous plaît, soyez notre voix. » Jeanne, survivante de viol, République démocratique du Congo Autour du monde, le corps des femmes est un champ de bataille. Le viol, une arme de guerre stratégique utilisée à des fins de destruction des populations. C’est le constat sans appel établi par cette enquête, d’une ampleur inégalée, sur la violence sexuelle dans les conflits. Reporter de guerre depuis plus de trente ans, Christina Lamb a recueilli les témoignages des femmes au cœur des conflits, des esclaves yézidies aux victimes des camps de viol en Bosnie-Herzégovine en passant par les rescapées du génocide rwandais ou les « femmes de réconfort » japonaises. Si la qualification du viol en tant que crime de guerre date de 1919, une seule condamnation a été prononcée depuis. Les victimes, elles, se comptent par millions. La violence sexuelle n’est ni inévitable ni acceptable. Cet ouvrage, qui rend enfin audibles des survivantes presque systématiquement réduites à la honte et au silence, est un cri d’alarme lancé à l’humanité. Christina Lamb est correspondante en chef pour l’hebdomadaire britannique The Sunday Times et grand reporter depuis plus de trente ans. Parmi de nombreuses récompenses, elle a notamment été lauréate du prix Bayeux des correspondants de guerre. Elle est l’autrice de plusieurs livres dont Moi, Malala (Calmann-Lévy, 2013), et Nujeen, l’incroyable périple (HarperCollins, 2016).

»Ein Weckruf ... Die Geschichten dieser Frauen werden Sie zum Weinen bringen und dann wütend machen auf die Gleichgültigkeit der Welt.« Amal Clooney Das erschütternde Schicksal von Frauen in Kriegsgebieten wird gern übersehen, die Aufmerksamkeit gilt meist den Kämpfern an der Front. Dabei wird immer häufiger sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen systematisch als Kriegswaffe eingesetzt. Christina Lamb von der »Sunday Times« ist eine von ganz wenigen Kriegskorrespondentinnen. Seit Jahren bereist sie Krisengebiete wie Irak, Syrien, Nigeria und Myanmar und spricht mit den Frauen, Überlebenden, Geflüchteten über ihre Erfahrungen in Kriegszeiten: von Jesidinnen, die von IS-Kämpfern versklavt wurden, bis zur Ärztin im Kongo, die täglich Vergewaltigungsopfer versorgt. Ihnen will sie endlich eine Stimme geben und damit zugleich auf einen Missstand aufmerksam machen: Vergewaltigungen, die zur Massenvernichtungswaffe geworden sind, gehören endlich international geahndet!

From Christina Lamb, the coauthor of the bestselling I Am Malala and an award-winning journalist—an essential, groundbreaking examination of how women experience war. In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she’s never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars—the “bang-bang” war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice. We have made significant progress in international women’s rights, but across the world women are victimized by wartime atrocities that are rarely recorded, much less punished. The first ever prosecution for war rape was in 1997 and there have been remarkably few convictions since, as if rape doesn’t matter in the reckoning of war, only killing. Some courageous women in countries around the world are taking things in their own hands, hunting down the war criminals themselves, trying to trap them through Facebook. In this profoundly important book, Christina Lamb shines a light on some of the darkest parts of the human experience—so that we might find a new way forward. Our Bodies, Their Battlefields is as inspiring and empowering is as it is urgent, a clarion call for necessary change.

From the award-winning war reporter and co-author of ''I Am Malala'', this searing, angry book looks behind the bombs and the guns to offer a woman''s view of warfare, the use of rape as a weapon of war and the many women victims of recent times. Rape in war is nothing new. Herodotus recorded it in the Greco-Persian wars of 5th century BC. From the ancient Greeks, Persians and Romans, Alexander the Great and the string of fair-haired blue-eyed children left across Central Asia, to the ''comfort women'' of the Imperial Japanese Army and the rapes of German women by the Red Army in World War Two, women have long been seen as spoils of war. In a book that is as unflinching as it is passionate, Lamb tackles head on the growing number of stories of brutality against women from across the world, some of which have shocked her more profoundly than anything she has seen in her 30-year career as a war correspondent. Ethnic and sectarian groups across the world now use rape as a strategy - almost as a weapon of mass destruction - with women rounded up and incarcerated to produce offspring, a new generation of jihadis in a chilling real-life version of The Handmaid''s Tale. From Bangladesh in 1970-1 when as many as 400,000 women were strung up against banana trees and raped deliberately by Pakistani troops to breed Punjabis, to Bosnia between 1992-5 when 20,000 women were forced into sexual slavery in rape camps by Serbian soldiers; to Rwanda where, in 1994 an estimated 250,000 Tutsi women were raped; to the ''rape capital of the world'' - Congo - where soldiers and rebels raped an estimated 200,000 women over the last ten years, often in front of their own children. Islamic State and Boko Haram have seized thousands of women as sex slaves, including thousands of Yazidis and the 219 Chibok teenagers abducted from their school dormitories, using this to lure recruits from the west and telling fighters that raping them is their religious duty, not just spoils of war. Inspired by the fact that if it is terrible to remember, it is far more terrible to forget, Lamb''s book will give these women back their voices and attempt an understanding of why this is happening and what can be done about it.

“From now on, it’s drones, baby, drones” - Robert Gates, former U.S. Defense Secretary Three writers. Two plays. One vital tale of power, sex and infighting at the top of the Washington establishment, and its far-reaching repercussions. As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, this world premiere double bill probes behind the scenes of America’s controversial drone wars, and asks what they will mean for our future. This Tuesday It’s 5a.m. A CIA director learns her daughter has been injured in a car crash, a White House security adviser is sleeping with an intern, a Pentagon General is working out in the gym. This Tuesday, in an hour, they have a vital decision to make. The Kid Wednesday. A missile hits a wedding in Pakistan. 7000 miles away, two drone operators begin their celebration. Pushing the button was the start. If only it were the end...

A 16 ans, elle a fui les bombardements d’Alep et traversé l’Europe en fauteuil roulant. « Voici un fait qui, à mon sens, ne devrait plaire à personne. Saviez-vous que, dans le monde aujourd’hui, 1 être humain sur 113 est réfugié ou déplacé ? En 2015, ils ont été plus de 1,2 million à se rendre en Europe. J’étais l’une d’eux. J’ai beau aimer les faits, nous ne sommes pas des nombres. Nous sommes des êtres humains et nous avons tous une histoire. Voici la mienne. » Nujeen Ce livre est porteur d’espoir pour tous les enfants et les adolescents. Dans le monde, près de 50 millions d’enfants sont déracinés. À leurs côtés, l’UNICEF travaille sans relâche pour les protéger. www.unicef.fr " Nujeen m’incite à rêver sans limites. Elle est notre héroïne. Tout le monde doit lire son histoire. Elle est une source d’inspiration."Malala Yousafzaï, prix Nobel de la paix Les auteursÂgée de 16 ans, Nujeen Mustafa a passé sa vie en fauteuil roulant. Elle a reçu très peu d’instruction en Syrie, mais a appris l’anglais toute seule en regardant les séries américaines à la télévision. En 2014, la ville de Kobané, où elle habitait, s’est trouvée au cœur de violents combats entre le groupe Etat islamique et les forces kurdes, soutenues par les Etats-Unis. La famille Mustafa a dû alors fuir vers la Turquie puis vers l’Europe, en Allemagne où ils sont aujourd’hui installés. Christina Lamb a co-écrit le best-seller Moi, Malala (Calmann-Lévy). Diplômée d’Oxford et de Harvard, elle est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages et a reçu de nombreux de prix pour son travail de grand reporter, dont celui de meilleur correspondant étranger britannique à cinq reprises, ainsi que le prix Bayeux, qui récompense le meilleur correspondant de guerre européen.

Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit, and hope that lends a face to the greatest humanitarian issue of our time, the Syrian refugee crisis. For millions around the globe, sixteen-year-old Nujeen Mustafa embodies the best of the human spirit. Confined to a wheelchair because of her cerebral palsy and denied formal schooling in Syria because of her illness, Nujeen taught herself English by watching American soap operas. When her small town became the epicenter of the brutal fight between ISIS militants and US-backed Kurdish troops in 2014, she and her family were forced to flee. Despite her physical limitations, Nujeen embarked on the arduous trek to safety and a new life. The grueling sixteen-month odyssey by foot, boat, and bus took her across Turkey and the Mediterranean to Greece, through Macedonia to Serbia and Hungary, and finally, to Germany. Yet, in spite of the tremendous physical hardship she endured, Nujeen''s extraordinary optimism never wavered. Refusing to give in to despair or see herself as a passive victim, she kept her head high. As she told a BBC reporter, "You should fight to get what you want in this world." Nujeen''s positivity and resolve infuses this unforgettable story of one young woman determined to make a better life for herself. Told by acclaimed British foreign correspondent Christina Lamb, Nujeen is a unique and powerful memoir that gives voice to the Syrian refugee crisis, helping us to understand that the world must change—and offering the inspiration to make that change reality.

Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit, and hope that lends a face to the greatest humanitarian issue of our time, the Syrian refugee crisis. For millions around the globe, sixteen-year-old Nujeen Mustafa embodies the best of the human spirit. Confined to a wheelchair because of her cerebral palsy and denied formal schooling in Syria because of her illness, Nujeen taught herself English by watching American soap operas. When her small town became the epicenter of the brutal fight between ISIS militants and US-backed Kurdish troops in 2014, she and her family were forced to flee. Despite her physical limitations, Nujeen embarked on the arduous trek to safety and a new life. The grueling sixteen-month odyssey by foot, boat, and bus took her across Turkey and the Mediterranean to Greece, through Macedonia to Serbia and Hungary, and finally, to Germany. Yet, in spite of the tremendous physical hardship she endured, Nujeen''s extraordinary optimism never wavered. Refusing to give in to despair or see herself as a passive victim, she kept her head high. As she told a BBC reporter, "You should fight to get what you want in this world." Nujeen''s positivity and resolve infuses this unforgettable story of one young woman determined to make a better life for herself. Told by acclaimed British foreign correspondent Christina Lamb, Nujeen is a unique and powerful memoir that gives voice to the Syrian refugee crisis, helping us to understand that the world must change—and offering the inspiration to make that change reality.

From the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did the West’s war in Afghanistan and across the Middle East go so wrong?

Nu fortæller Malala for første gang sin bemærkelsesværdige historie. ''JEG ER MALALA'' er en inspirerende og gribende historie om en piges modige kamp og beslutning om ikke at lade sig intimidere af ekstremister. Efter skudattentatet og en nærmest mirakuløs overlevelse har Malala modtaget talrige priser. FN''s generalsekretær har udnævnt 10. november til Malala Dag, og der er etableret en international Malala Fond, som skal støtte pigers uddannelse. Malala er modtager af Nobels Fredspris 2014.

Malala Yousafzai (f. 1997) fortæller om, hvordan hun kæmpede for pigers ret til skolegang i Pakistan, og af den grund blev skudt i hovedet af Taleban

Biography of Malala Yousafzai, born 1997, a Pakistani student and education activist from the town of Mingora in Pakistan.

Malala Yousafzai (f. 1997) fortæller om, hvordan hun kæmpede for pigers ret til skolegang i Pakistan, og af den grund blev skudt i hovedet af Taleban

Je viens d’un pays qui est né à minuit. Quand j’ai failli mourir, il était juste midi passé. Lorsque les talibans ont pris le contrôle de la vallée du Swat, au Pakistan, une toute jeune fille a élevé la voix. Refusant l’ignorance à laquelle la condamnait le fanatisme, Malala Yousafzai résolut de se battrre pour continuer d’aller à l’école. Son courage faillit lui coûter la vie. Le 9 octobre 2012, alors qu’elle n’avait que quinze ans, elle fut grièvement blessée par un taliban dans un car scolaire. Cet attentat censé la faire taire n’a que renforcé sa conviction dans son combat, entamé dans sa vallée natale pour la conduire jusque dans l’enceinte des Nations unies. À seize ans à peine, Malala Yousafzai est la nouvelle incarnation mondiale de la protestation pacifique et la plus jeune candidate de l’histoire au prix Nobel de la paix. Moi, Malala est le récit bouleversant d’une famille exilée à cause du terrorisme ; d’un père qui envers et contre tout a fondé des écoles ; de parents courageux qui, dans une société où les garçons sont rois, ont manifesté un amour immense à leur fille et l’ont encouragée à s’instruire, à écrire, à dénoncer l’insoutenable et à exiger, pour toutes et tous, l’accès au savoir. Elle a reçu le PRIX NOBEL DE LA PAIX le 10 octobre 2014

Het ontroerende en inspirerende verhaal van Malala ‘Ik kom uit een land dat om middernacht is gesticht. Toen ik de dood in de ogen keek, was het middaguur net aangebroken.’ Wie is Malala? Malala Yousafzai werd in 2012 van zeer dichtbij in het gezicht geschoten door een talibanstrijder. Ze was toen vijftien jaar oud. Al snel werd dit wereldnieuws. Malala is het slachtoffer van een gruwelijke aanslag op haar leven. Dit omdat ze als meisje in Pakistan naar school gaat. Ze overleeft de aanslag en haar verhaal gaat de hele wereld over. Sindsdien is Malala het symbool van de strijd voor onderwijs voor iedereen. Lees nu het verhaal van Malala zelf! Hoe zij opgroeide in Pakistan, hoe haar familie omgaat met alle problematiek en hoe haar leven er nu uitziet.

Quan els talibans van ocupar el poder a la vall de Swat, al Pakistan, una noia va alçar la veu. Malala Yousafzai es va negar a guardar silenci i va lluitar pel dret a l''educació. Dimarts, 9 d''octubre del 2012, quan tenia quinze anys, de poc no en va pagar el preu definitiu. Van disparar-li al cap a boca de canó quan tornava de l''escola amb l''autobús, i gairebé ningú no esperava que sobrevisqués. La recuperació miraculosa que va experimentar, però, l''ha portat a un viatge extraordinari des d''una vall remota al nord del Pakistan fins als auditoris de les Nacions Unides a Nova York. Als setze anys, s''ha convertit en un símbol global de la protesta pacífica i la persona més jove que ha estat mai nominada al Premi Nobel de la Pau. "Jo sóc la Malala" és el relat notable d''una família desplaçada pel terrorisme global, i de la lluita per l''educació de les noies, i d''un pare que, propietari d''una escola, va encaminar i encoratjar la seva filla a escriure i anar a l''escola, i d''uns pares valents que s''estimen apassionadament la seva filla en una societat que privilegia els fills. "Jo sóc la Malala" us farà creure en el poder de la veu d''una sola persona per inspirar canvis d''abast mundial.

Cuando los talibanes tomaron el control del valle de Swat en Pakistán, una niña alzó su voz. Malala Yousafzai se negó a ser silenciada y luchó por su derecho a la educación. El martes 9 de octubre de 2012, con quince años de edad, estuvo a punto de pagar el gesto con su vida. Le dispararon en la cabeza a quemarropa mientras volvía a casa de la escuela en autobús, y pocos pensaron que fuera a sobrevivir. Sin embargo, la milagrosa recuperación de Malala la ha llevado en un extraordinario periplo desde un remoto valle en el norte de Pakistán hasta las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York. A los dieciséis años se ha convertido en un símbolo global de la protesta pacífica, y es la nominada más joven de la historia para el Premio Nobel de la Paz. "Yo soy Malala" es el excepcional relato de una familia desterrada por el terrorismo global, de la lucha por la educación de las niñas, de un padre que, él mismo propietario de una escuela, apoyó a su hija y la alentó a escribir y a ir al colegio, y de unos padres valientes que quierena su hija por encima de todo en una sociedad que privilegia a los hijos varones. "Yo soy Malala" nos hace creer en el poder de la voz de una persona para cambiar el mundo.

Ihre Geschichte sorgte international für Erschütterung: Am 9. Oktober 2012 wird die junge Pakistanerin Malala Yousafzai auf ihrem Schulweg von Taliban-Kämpfern überfallen und brutal niedergeschossen. Die Fünfzehnjährige hatte sich den Taliban widersetzt, die Mädchen verbieten, zur Schule zu gehen. Obendrein führte sie für die BBC ein vielbeachtetes Blog-Tagebuch über ihren Alltag unter den Islamisten. Damit war ihr Todesurteil gefällt. Die Kugel traf Malala aus nächster Nähe in den Kopf; doch wie durch ein Wunder kam das mutige Mädchen mit dem Leben davon. Schon hat sie erklärt, dass dieser Anschlag sie nicht davon abhalten wird, auch weiterhin für die Rechte von Kindern, insbesondere Mädchen, einzutreten. Für ihr außergewöhnliches Engagement wurde Malala für den Friedensnobelpreis nominiert. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala''s miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls'' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. This story will make you believe in the power of one person''s voice to inspire change in the world. -- Publisher''s description.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today. Since leaving England aged 21 with an invitation to a Karachi wedding and a yearning for adventure, Christina Lamb has spent 20 years living out of suitcases, reporting from around the world and becoming one of Britain''s most highly regarded journalists. She has won numerous awards, including being named Foreign Correspondent of the Year a remarkable four times. ''Small Wars Permitting'' is a collection of her best reportage, following the principal events of the last two decades everywhere from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. But Lamb''s main interest has always been in the untold stories, the people and places others don''t visit. Undaunted by danger, disease or despots, she has travelled by canoe through the Amazon rainforest in search of un-contacted Indians, joined a Rio samba school to infiltrate crime rackets behind Carnival and survived a terrifying ambush by Taliban. No less remarkable are the characters that Lamb meets along the way, from Marsh Arabs who covet Play Stations instead of buffaloes to an Armenian compère for performing dolphins with whom she travelled during the war in Iraq. Lamb''s writing is passionate, powerful and poetic, transforming reportage into literature. Through the stories she tells - and her own development from a self-confessed ''war junkie'' to a devoted mother - Lamb attempts to comprehend the human consequences of conflict in the countries she has come to know.

Describes the lives of two very different Zimbabweans--Nigel Hough, a wealthy white farmer, and Aqui, his poor black nanny--from the 1970s to 2002, focusing how both were affected by Zimbabwe''s brutal civil war and its aftermath.

"The Africa House details the life of an English officer and gentleman and his remarkable house and colony in deepest Africa. In the ides of the British Empire, Stewart Gore Browne built himself a feudal paradise in northern Rhodesia, a sprawling country estate modeled on the finest homes in England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades, rose gardens and lavish dinners finished off with vintage port in the library." "He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful, unconventional Ethel Locke King, one of the first women to drive and to fly. She, however, was nearly twenty years his senior, married and his aunt. Lorna, the only other woman he had ever really cared for, had married another. Then he met Lorna''s orphaned daughter, so like her mother that he thought he had seen a ghost. It seemed he had at last found love - but the Africa House was his dream, and it would be a hard one to share." "Christina Lamb''s updated account of this complicated man - a colonialist who beat his servants yet supported independence, a stiff Englishman with deep passions - is a masterpiece of biography and storytelling. Set against the backdrop of sweeping change across Africa, this is a tale of fantasies made real, tragedy endured and lifelong love."--BOOK JACKET.

Twenty-one-year-old Christina Lamb left suburban England for Peshawar on the frontier of the Afghan war. Captivated, she spent two years tracking the final stages of the mujaheddin victory over the Soviets, as Afghan friends smuggled her in and out of their country in a variety of guises. Returning to Afghanistan after the attacks on the World Trade Center to report for Britain''s Sunday Telegraph, Lamb discovered the people no one else had written about: the abandoned victims of almost a quarter century of war. Among them, the brave women writers of Herat who risked their lives to carry on a literary tradition under the guise of sewing circles; the princess whose palace was surrounded by tanks on the eve of her wedding; the artist who painted out all the people in his works to prevent them from being destroyed by the Taliban; and Khalil Ahmed Hassani, a former Taliban torturer who admitted to breaking the spines of men and then making them stand on their heads. Christina Lamb''s evocative reporting brings to life these stories. Her unique perspective on Afghanistan and deep passion for the people she writes about make this the definitive account of the tragic plight of a proud nation.