SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2021 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ‘A wake-up call … These women’s stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.’ Amal Clooney

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2021 ‘A wake-up call to the magnitude and horrors of rape in war - the world's most neglected war crime. These women’s stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.’ Amal Clooney ‘Sharing these stories is necessary and incredibly brave’ Sheryl Sandberg 'Christina Lamb has done the impossible – and written women into history … An extraordinary achievement of in depth journalism, powerful storytelling, grit and heart. A wake up call to the magnitude and horror of rape of women throughout history and the world. If you read one book this year, read this. Astounding.' Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues ‘For millennia mass rape has been a weapon of war. But the testimony of abuse is almost entirely absent from all recorded history. At last this brave, beautiful and brutal book allows victims to speak – devastatingly, inspirationally’ Bettany Hughes ‘This is the most powerful and disturbing book I have ever read. It must have taken courage to research and write this book. Christina Lamb has more than accomplished her duty. It is now our duty to face this terrible truth – that of man’s inhumanity to woman.’ Anthony Beevor, Spectator ‘A brave and harrowing book, and were there justice in the world, would be at the top of the bestsellers list for weeks.’Melanie Reid, The Times ‘A deeply traumatic and important book … Provides a corrective that is by turns horrific and profoundly moving … Lamb is an extraordinary writer. Her compassion for those she talks to and deep understanding of how to tell their stories makes this a book that should be required reading for all – even though (and perhaps because) it is not an enjoyable experience … Powerful’ Peter Frankopan, Guardian

• PUBLISHED FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. The book is intensely political – we want it to be a major reckoning and call to arms. • BRINGS JUSTICE SYSTEM TO ACCOUNT. Rape has been a war crime since 1919, but only in 1996 did the International Criminal Tribunal establish a Sexual Assault Committee and the first (and only) conviction for war rape was in 2017. This book gives the full scale of the atrocities being committed against women, and condemns the appalling lack of urgency shown by the developed world in seeking justice. • THE FIRST BOOK TO TACKLE THE SUBJECT HEAD ON. It is handled not as an individual memoir but as a global study with historical perspective and first class reporting from award-winning war journalist, Christina Lamb. • Will appeal to those who read Svetlana Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War or Nadia Murad’s Last Girl, or to anyone who cares about crimes against women in the world. #MeToo. Also more Western/commercial voices talking about sexual assault: Rose McGowan, Chanel Miller (formerly known as Emily Doe, the woman who released a victim impact statement against Brock Turner). • CHRISTINA IS A MASSIVE DRAW AT LITERARY FESTIVALS, regulary speaking to audiences of 800/1000. She wrote the best selling book by Malala Yousafszai and still appears on public platforms with Malala. • TRACK RECORD ON SALES. ‘I Am Malala’ has sold over 100k copies. ‘The Sewing Circles of Herat’ has sold over 57k copies and ‘Africa House’ has sold over 15k in hardback and 70k TCM in paperback in the UK alone. ‘Farewell Kabul’ has sold 21k copies. Competition: The;I Am Malala;The Last Girl;Unwomanly Face of War;Girl from Aleppo;A Problem from Hell;Against our Will;Power of Women;Farewell Kabul;We Are Displaced;Invisible Women. by;Malala Yousafzai;Nadia Murad;Svetlana Alexievich;Nujeen Mustafa;Susan Faludi;Rory Stewart;Denis Mukwege;Caroline Criado Perez