{"title":"Virginia Cowles","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirginia Cowles nasceu nos Estados Unidos em 1910. Começou no jornalismo escrevendo em colunas sociais sobre moda, comportamento e sociedade, e na década de 1930 começou a cobrir a Guerra Civil Espanhola — sem nenhuma experiência prévia como correspondente. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, cobriu a campanha italiana, a liberação de Paris e a invasão dos aliados na Alemanha, tornando-se uma jornalista renomada junto a outros grandes nomes, como Ernest Hemingway e Martha Gellhorn. Em 1947, recebeu uma Ordem do Império Britânico por seus serviços como correspondente de guerra. Também foi autora de biografias de importantes figuras políticas, como \u003cem\u003eWinston Churchill: the era and the man\u003c\/em\u003e e \u003cem\u003eEdward VII and his circle\u003c\/em\u003e. Morreu em um acidente de carro em 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"procurando-encrenca","title":"Looking for trouble","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant report and memoir, \u003cem\u003eLooking for Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles journalist Virginia Cowles's experiences in the trenches of the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of World War II.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eVirginia Cowles was only 27 when she decided to drastically change her career: from gossip magazine columnist to war correspondent in Europe. \u003cem\u003eLooking for Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of this evolution, through Cowles's accounts from both sides of the Spanish Civil War, from London on the first day of the Blitz, from Nazi-occupied Munich, and from Finland's violent and bitter resistance to the Russian invasion. Along the way, Cowles meets Adolf Hitler (\"an ordinary little man\"), Benito Mussolini (who had a personality that was \"too aggressive and exuberant\"), Winston Churchill, Martha Gellhorn, and Ernest Hemingway, along with the many other extraordinary figures she met along the way. Her reporting style blends sharp political analysis with the accessibility of gossip journalism, and her prose reflects the empathy of a novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eDuring his career, Cowles witnessed: the Spanish Civil War from both sides; Czechoslovakia in the crisis of 1937; Prague before and after the Munich Agreement; the Sudetenland and the march of the Nazis; Russia deceived by the Nazis; Rome under German pressure; Berlin on the day World War II broke out; Finland invaded; Paris in the last 24 hours before the German invasion; London as the decisive battle raged; and many other crucial moments of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e She understood as early as 1937—before many politicians of the time—that fascism in Europe was a threat to democracy worldwide. \u003cem\u003eLooking for Trouble's\u003c\/em\u003e perspective on extremism is as relevant and compelling today as it was over eighty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “His own story was as remarkable as the subjects he covered.” Christina Lamb, journalist, in the foreword to this book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “The reissued work is now a wonder and a delight.” Dorrit Harazim, journalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e“One of the greatest war correspondents of all time” Antony Beevor, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Brilliant, fascinating, and yet sobering. I consider this the finest journalistic memoir.\" Vincent Sheean, journalist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176776351996,"sku":"9786555876567","price":139.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ad59b94ff8f9fc6a9cadebb40bed8070.jpg?v=1778317944"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/virginia-cowles.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}