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| | Amazon.co.uk: Strange Places, Questionable People: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | John Simpson has had an extraordinary professional life: he has been to 101 countries, interviewed 120 rulers of various persuasions, and witnessed 29 wars and uprisings. |
 | | In this book, Simpson recounts his life, his route to get to the BBC, his early life at the BBC in the radio news office, and how he progressed to be foreign correspondent amongst many other roles within the BBC, for which he is of course now famous. |
 | | Simpson is a show business star, with himself always on camera and, in his books, at the centre of the story. |
| www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/033035566X (1412 words) |
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