Light Shadow Memoirs Spys by Mark Colvin (11 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: As new. Light and Shadowis the incredible story of a father waging a secret war against communism during the Cold War, while his son comes of age as a journalist and embarks on the risky career of a foreign correspondent. Mark covered local and global events for the ABC for more than four decades, reporting on wars, royal weddings and everything in between. In the midst of all this he discovered that his father was an MI6 spy.Mark was witness to some of the most significant international events, including the Iranian hostage crisis, the buildup to the first Gulf War in Iraq and the direct aftermath of the shocking genocide in Rwanda. But when he contracted a life-threatening illness while working in the field, his world changed forever.Mark Colvin's engrossing memoir takes you inside the coverage of major news events and navigates the complexity of his father's double life. Light and Shadowwas published seven months before Mark's death, and he had the pleasure of seeing it become a bestseller. Award-winning ABC journalist Tony Jones pays tribute to his friend in an afterword.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. updated edition. 324 pages. 7.72x5.04x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 304 pages. The autobiography of the late, highly regarded ABC journalist and presenter, Mark Colvin.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 304 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. An unread book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Reprint. Octavo-size paperback original (not issued in hardcover ). Fine in wrappers as issued. The autobiography of the renowned Australian journalist and broadcaster, inside the coverage of major news events of the time, and gently navigating the complexity of Colvin's father's double life. Illustrated with b/w photographs. An engrossing story, well-told. Colvin survived a kidney transplant in 2010 (kidney donated by a colleage, and the whole subject became a play!), but succumbed to cancer in 2017.

1st edition stiff wrappers Very Good octavo xvi + 304pp., b/w plates, index, Mark Colvin one of Australia's longest-serving broadcasters, as a reporter for more than two decades and the national radio evening institution he has become as host of PM since 1997. He reveals what it was like to discover his diplomat father was really an M16 spy, and the reality of covering some of the most dangerous flashpoints of recent history: Tehran during the hostage crisis, the end of the Cold War, Iraq in the buildup to the First Gulf War and Rwanda in the direct aftermath of one of the worst massacres of the century.

304 pp including index, b&w photographic illustrations, fine copy in colour photographic, limp wrappers.

Reprint. Signed (inscribed by the author, and rare thus). Octavo-size paperback original (not issued in hardcover ). Fine in wrappers as issued. The autobiography of the renowned Australian journalist and broadcaster, inside the coverage of major news events of the time, and gently navigating the complexity of Colvin's father's double life. Illustrated with b/w photographs. An engrossing story, well-told. Colvin survived a kidney transplant in 2010 (kidney donated by a colleage, and the whole subject became a play!), but succumbed to cancer in 2017, so there was little time to sign copies of his best-selling memoir. This copy is inscribed on the title-page: "To W____/ best wishes/ Mark".