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Blood and Sand: The BBC security correspondent’s own extraordinary and inspiring story
Frank Gardner
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Description for Blood and Sand: The BBC security correspondent’s own extraordinary and inspiring story
Paperback. It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp colour photos, map & author's own line drawings. BIC Classification: BGBA; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 386.
On the June 6, 2004, while on assignment in Riyadh, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range...
Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived.
Today, although partly paralysed, Frank continues to travel the world, reporting and making documentaries for the BBC. This acclaimed memoir was brought up to date with a new chapter that recounted his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857502438
SKU
V9780857502438
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Frank Gardner
Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC's Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. He still travels extensively. Awarded an OBE in ... Read more
Reviews for Blood and Sand: The BBC security correspondent’s own extraordinary and inspiring story
Gardner is a superb reporter; his terrible experience only make his analysis all the more telling
EVENING STANDARD
Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world
SUNDAY TIMES
Chilling, graphic and admirably unsentimental... Gardner comes across as a modest, thoroughly decent ... Read more
EVENING STANDARD
Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world
SUNDAY TIMES
Chilling, graphic and admirably unsentimental... Gardner comes across as a modest, thoroughly decent ... Read more