PATRICK GARRETT is Clare Hollingworth's great nephew. He
followed his aunt into journalism at an early age, and also ended
up attending a fair number of wars and revolutions. Patrick
followed Clare to Hong Kong in 1997 to report on its return to
Chinese sovereignty.
In 2007 Patrick finally started work writing her biography, little
expecting that it would take him nearly a decade. But telling the
tale of a life as eventful as Clare's, spanning more than a
century, he should probably have known better.
Patrick divides his time between Hong Kong and Russia.
Clare made an extraordinary impact in journalism. Who did the first
interview with the Shah of Iran? Clare Hollingworth. Who did the
last interview all those years - 30 - 40 - years later, after he
fell? Clare Hollingworth. And she was the only person he wanted to
speak to. And that's really the measure of the woman--John Simpson
CBE
A fascinating account of an extraordinary career. This vivid story,
beautifully told, is unputdownable--Alexander McCall Smith
Clare Hollingworth is certainly one of the most unforgettable
journalists I have ever met and one of the greatest journalists of
the 20th century--Chris Patten
Clare Hollingworth was one of the greatest reporters of the 20th
century, and famously scooped the competition by reporting the
German invasion of Poland in 1939 before anyone else did, for the
Daily Telegraph--Charles Moore
Clare Hollingworth was a remarkable journalist, an inspiration to
all reporters but in particular to subsequent generations of women
foreign correspondents--Chris Evans, editor, Daily Telegraph
It was her dispatches that alerted the British Foreign Office to
the fact that Germany had invaded Poland in 1939. Many of us who
have come afterwards, and the generations afterwards, look back and
are proud to remember that it is not us pioneering. It's them. It's
Clare and that band of women who really did it for us--Christiane
Amanpour CBE
Patrick Garrett's biography of his great-aunt Clare Hollingworth,
Of Fortunes and War, is an enthrallingly well-researched and
clear-eyed account of the career of this fearless war
correspondent. It's fascinating on the excitements of life in
wartime Bucharest and Beirut and on Hollingworth's friendship with
Burgess, Maclean and Philby, as well as satisfyingly thorough on
her personal life.--Markie Robson-Scott, The Tablet
She was a pioneer--Kate Adie OBE
She was regarded by everyone as the most formidable foreign
correspondent around, not just of women but out of everyone--John
Humphrys
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