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Since leaving England aged 21 with a yearning for adventure and an invitation to Benazir Bhutto’s wedding in Karachi, 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 five 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 – as she says, “to me the real story in war is not the bang-bang but the lives of those trying to survive behind the scenes”. 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, survived a terrifying ambush by Taliban and was on Benazir Bhutto’s bus when it was bombed.
Christina Lamb's journalism has appeared in The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Financial Times, amongst others. In 2007, she won all three major awards for Foreign Correspondent of the Year. Her previous books include the best-selling The Africa House, Waiting for Allah, The Sewing Circles of Herat, and House of Stone.
Christina Lamb's journalism has appeared in The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Financial Times, amongst others. In 2007, she won all three major awards for Foreign Correspondent of the Year. Her previous books include the best-selling The Africa House, Waiting for Allah, The Sewing Circles of Herat, and House of Stone.
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