Fall : Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021
by
John Preston
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0241388686
ISBN-13
9780241388686
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
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Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 28th, 2021
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
264 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.60 x 2.90 cms
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021
''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 Sunday
From the bestselling author of A Very English Scandal, the jaw-dropping life story of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell.
In February 1991, the media mogul and former MP Robert Maxwell made a triumphant entrance into Manhattan harbour aboard his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to complete his purchase of the ailing New York Daily News. Crowds lined the quayside to watch his arrival, taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand and children asked for his autograph. But just ten months later, Maxwell disappeared from the same yacht off the Canary Islands, only to be found dead in the water soon afterward.
Maxwell was the embodiment of Britain''s post-war boom. Born an Orthodox Jew, he had escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, fought in World War 2, 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 on his death, 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. No one had ever fallen so far and so quickly.
What went so wrong? How did a war hero and model of society 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.
''Preston is a natural storyteller'' The Times
WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021
''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 Sunday
From the bestselling author of A Very English Scandal, the jaw-dropping life story of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell.
In February 1991, the media mogul and former MP Robert Maxwell made a triumphant entrance into Manhattan harbour aboard his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to complete his purchase of the ailing New York Daily News. Crowds lined the quayside to watch his arrival, taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand and children asked for his autograph. But just ten months later, Maxwell disappeared from the same yacht off the Canary Islands, only to be found dead in the water soon afterward.
Maxwell was the embodiment of Britain''s post-war boom. Born an Orthodox Jew, he had escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, fought in World War 2, 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 on his death, 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. No one had ever fallen so far and so quickly.
What went so wrong? How did a war hero and model of society 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.
''Preston is a natural storyteller'' The Times
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