EAN: 9780241388686

FALL - JOHN PRESTON KARTONIERT (TB)

WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE
GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic  gripping account of
the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of
A Very English Scandal.'The best biography yet of the media magnate Robert Maxwell - by turns
engrossing  amusing and appalling' Robert Harris  Sunday Times'Electrifying... the supreme
chronicler of modern British scandals' Mail on SundayRobert Maxwell was a very British success.
Born an Orthodox Jew  he escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia  fought in the Second
World War  and was decorated for his heroism with the Military Cross. He went on to become a
Labour MP and an astonishingly successful businessman  owning a number of newspapers and
publishing companies. But after his dead body was discovered floating in waters around his
superyacht  his empire fell apart as long-hidden debts and unscrupulous dealings came to light.
Within a few days  Maxwell was being reviled as the embodiment of greed and corruption.What
went so wrong? How did a man who had once laid such store on the importance of ethics and good
behaviour become reduced to a bloated  amoral wreck? In this gripping book  John Preston
delivers the definitive account of Maxwell's extraordinary rise and scandalous fall.'I have a
shelf full of books about frauds  but this one is by far the most enjoyable' Craig Brown 
author of Ma'am Darling

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