| Descript |
xxvii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, portraits 24 cm. |
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Preface: The king of New York -- The salt mine -- Out of the darkness -- An adventurer of great style -- Difficulties with pork -- Mortality -- Down on the bottom -- The man who gets things done -- Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding -- Robert Maxwell's code of conduct -- The lights go out -- The grasshopper returns -- Strife -- Written in the stars -- Madness -- In the lair of the black bear -- An enormous spread -- A very happy person -- Battle rejoined -- Homecomings -- The party of the decade -- Listening in -- A glorious new dawn -- Crossing the line -- Obsessed -- Three departures -- What have I done to deserve that? -- Intangible assets -- Le..gumes de Maurier -- Selling the crown jewels -- Don't you worry about a thing -- Hurricane Bob -- A long way down -- Lost -- Found -- The first autopsy -- A hero of our time -- The second autopsy -- The Four Horsemen -- Everything must go -- The march of time -- Curtain call -- A true Scotsman. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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." |
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Maxwell, Robert, 1923-1991.
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Maxwell, Robert, 1923-1991
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Bokförläggare
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Bokförlag
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Bokutgivning
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Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780241388679 |
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Lz Maxwell, Robert
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070.5092
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