The Book
A Private War
Marie Colvin and Other Tales of Heroes, Scoundrels, and Renegades
In A Private War, Marie Brenner brilliantly chronicles the last days and hours of Colvin’s life, moment by moment, to share the story of a remarkable life lived on the front lines. This collection also includes Brenner’s classic encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, Richard Jewell, and others.
Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war.
movie reviews
Rosamund Pike delivers the performance of her career as war correspondent Marie Colvin
- the washington post
Marie Colvin Fights ‘A Private War’
- the new york times
'A Private War' is as unflinching as its subject, reporter Marie Colvin
- la times
vanity fair magazine | august 2012
Marie Colvin’s Private War
By the time Marie Colvin got herself smuggled into Syria last winter, to report on the slaughter for the London Sunday Times, she was a legend, for her style (the eye patch, the La Perla bra under the flak jacket) as well as her courageous dispatches championing the innocent victims of war. It would be her last story. Marie Brenner reveals the price Colvin paid for the work she couldn’t give up.