Of Fortunes and War

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 * 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 * She was a pioneer * Kate Adie OBE * 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 * She was regarded by everyone as the most formidable foreign correspondent around, not just of women but out of everyone * John Humphrys * 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 * A fascinating account of an extraordinary career. This vivid story, beautifully told, is unputdownable * Alexander McCall Smith *