Name: Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge (en Inglés)
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Author: Tom Bower
ISBN: 9780007247165

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Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Tom Bower

Editorial

Harper Perennial

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

576

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 12.7 x 3.6 cm

Peso

0.51 kg.

ISBN13

9780007247165

Categorías

Biografía: arte y espectáculo
Biografía: histórica, política y militar
Líderes y liderazgo políticos
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Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge (en Inglés)

Tom Bower (Autor) · Harper Perennial · Tapa Blanda

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The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details of Black's high-profile trial for corporate fraud, sure to claim international attention. The rise and fall of the media tycoon Conrad Black is rivalled in its spectacular extravagance only by the machinations of his social-mountaineering wife, Barbara Amiel. Together their story of overweening ambition and greed is a modern-day classic of hubris. There is no bolder or better-informed chronicler of the follies of the rich and powerful than Tom Bower. Fearless in the approach which has brought him accolades for his gripping exposés of Robert Maxwell, Tiny Rowland, Mohammed Fayed and Richard Branson, Bower reveals how the Blacks financed a billionaire's lifestyle and won friends and influence in London and New York. Born into considerable wealth in Canada, Conrad Black bought and sold (but never effectively managed) several businesses, from mining and tractors to broadcasting companies and newspapers. In 1985 he bought the Telegraph group in London, where very little was known of the controversy over his past financial dealings. In 1992 he married Barbara Amiel, who later famously said, 'I have an extravagance that knows no bounds'. Besotted with his wife, he began living way beyond his means. Fabulous parties, jewellery, clothes, private jets and homes followed. In 2003 an independent report in America accused him of 'outright fraud', 'ethical corruption' and 'corporate kleptocracy' - allegations that he will vigorously deny at his trial in Chicago in 2007. This edition will be updated to include the full story of the trial in all its sensational detail. Tom Bower's book, based on over 150 interviews with bankers, politicians, celebrities, power-brokers and close friends, is packed with intimate revelations. It is a hugely entertaining account of gullibility in high places.

Tom Bower

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Thomas Michael Bower, conocido como Tom Bower, es un periodista, escritor e investigador británico nacido en Londres en 1946. Formado en Derecho en la London School of Economics, inició su carrera como abogado antes de incorporarse a la BBC, donde trabajó durante más de dos décadas como reportero y productor en programas de investigación. Su trayectoria se ha caracterizado por un enfoque incisivo y polémico, centrado en examinar figuras de poder en los ámbitos político, empresarial y mediático.

Es autor de numerosas biografías no autorizadas, entre ellas Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family, así como obras dedicadas a figuras como Richard Branson, Boris Johnson o el príncipe Carlos. Su libro Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football recibió el William Hill Sports Book of the Year, destacando su impacto en el periodismo investigativo. Su estilo se distingue por la profundidad documental y una narrativa crítica que suele generar controversia en sus retratados.

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