
The Trio
Three War Correspondents of World War Two
Richard Knott(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Published on 3. August 2015
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7509-5593-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Trio tells the story of three war correspondents, two Englishmen and an Australian, all in their 30s, whose friendship was forged during the Second World War. They became so close that their colleagues dubbed them 'The Trio', sometimes out of disgruntled rivalry. Alan Moorehead, Alexander Clifford and Christopher Buckley worked for the Express, Mail and Telegraph respectively. Clifford and Moorehead lived together more closely than most married couples, and all three correspondents spent the war years travelling relentlessly, chasing news and writing stories, while being reliant on each other's friendship and mutual trust. They slept under the desert stars, in sumptuous Italian villas, in trains and army trucks. They were frequently in the line of fire, while their names became synonymous with the best war reporting. The Trio describes their relationship, what happened to each of them in the war and finally, when the fighting was over, how success gave way to personal tragedy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 20 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-5593-5 (9780750955935)
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Person
Richard Knott is a researcher and writer of modern history who has also worked as an actor, English teacher and management consultant. He has written several books on the Second World War, the most recent of which is The Sketchbook War (The History Press, 2013). He lives in Somerset.