The Irish Times bestseller'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times'A beautiful book... Full of pain and longing but also joy, adventure, and excitement' Janine di Giovanni'A superb account of the life and work of the best reporter I have ever known' Patrick CockburnWhen Lara Marlowe met Robert Fisk in 1983 in Dam...

Lara Marlowe, the Washington correspondent of The Irish Times, has witnessed more than her share of history in three decades as a foreign correspondent. She has reported with clarity and fearlessness on the main conflicts of our era, from the civil war in Lebanon to the break-up of Yugoslavia, the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has been outspoken in her criticism of the often cruel and misguided actions of the world's leading powers, ...

The first time Lara Marlowe interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko in Ukraine in 2023, Marlowe realized that the 28-year-old woman army officer was one of the most extraordinary people she had encountered in 42 years of journalism.Mykytenko was born in Kyiv in July 1995. She co-founded the 'female squad' of the 16th regiment of the Self-Defence Force during the 2013/14 Euromaidan protests, which overthrew the corrupt, pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. She married Illia Serbi...

»Solange es Frauen wie Mykytenko gibt, kann man hoffen für die Menschheit.« Sebastian JungerDie bewegende Geschichte der 29-jährigen Ukrainerin Julija Mykytenko, Kommandeurin einer Drohneneinheit an der Front. Seit Beginn des Krieges kämpft sie im Donbas und befehligt die »Hellish Hornets«. Aus einer Reihe von langen Gesprächen mit der Autorin und Journalistin Lara Marlowe entstand das eindringliche Selbstporträt dieser einzigartigen jungen Frau.Ju...

Bloomsbury presents How Good It Is I have No Fear of Dying: Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for Ukraine, written and read by Lara Marlowe.The first time Lara Marlowe interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko in Ukraine in 2023, Marlowe realized that the 28-year-old woman army officer was one of the most extraordinary people she had encountered in 42 years of journalism.Mykytenko was born in Kyiv in July 1995. She co-founded the ‘female squad’ of the 16th regiment o...

Die bewegende Geschichte der 29-jährigen Ukrainerin Julija Mykytenko, Kommandeurin einer 25-köpfigen Drohneneinheit an der Front. Aus einer Reihe von langen Gesprächen mit der Autorin und Journalistin Lara Marlowe entstand das eindringliche Selbstporträt dieser einzigartigen jungen Frau.Julija Mykytenko, 1995 in Kiew geboren, ist studierte Sprachwissenschaftlerin. Als im Februar 2022 die russische Invasion begann, meldete sie sich freiwillig. Und kämpft für die Freiheit ihres Lande...

A memoir by Lara Marlowe, the Irish Times' correspondent in Paris.Lara Marlowe first met Robert Fisk in 1983, in Damascus. He was already a famous war correspondent; she was a young American reporter, who would soon become a renowned journalist in her own right. For the next twenty years, they were lovers, husband and wife, friends, occasionally estranged from and angry with each other.They learned from each other and from the people in the ruined world they reported from: ...