
A chilling account of love, betrayal, and attempted murder – the harrowing true story behind the headlines that shocked the world. On Easter Sunday 2015, experienced skydiver Victoria Cilliers undertook a parachute jump, a gift from her husband, British army sergeant Emile Cilliers.Her parachutes failed to open and she plummeted 4,000 feet to the ground, sustaining life-threatening injuries.Miraculously, she survived. Then the police arrived at her door. Someone had tampered with her parachute and they suspected Emile. In I Survived, Victoria describes how she fell for Emile, and how the charming man she thought she knew gradually revealed a darker side, chipping away at her self-worth until she found it impossible to sift truth from lies.Can she really believe that her husband – the father of their two young children – tried to kill her?As more shocking revelations come to light, and she has to face his trial and relentless media scrutiny, she struggles to come to terms with the past.Even a guilty verdict does not free her because Emile is not ready to let her go . . . Powerful and honest, this is the story of a woman who was put through hell and yet found the strength to forge a new life for herself and her children.I Survived is Victoria's eye-opening story of marriage and attempted murder, revealing the truth about a case that made headlines around the world.