/ Key title The riveting tale of how the wannabe aristo Conrad Black and his social mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. / A major investigative biography full of revelations and gossip in high places. Bower has an unrivalled track record in the field of journalistic exposes. / Conrad Black's trial in America for massive corporate fraud is due to start in March 2007. / Black's wife, the journalist Barbara Amiel, transformed social mountaineering into an art form. / Major national newpaper serialisation.
Tom Bower has a distinguished reputation as an investigative historian, broadcaster and journalist and is the author of several ground-breaking books about tycoons. His recent works are 'Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football' and 'Gordon Brown'. His books about the Nazis include 'Blood Money' and the definitive biography of Klaus Barbie. Among his other much-debated biographies are those of Mohammed Fayed, Richard Branson and Robert Maxwell.
Praise for 'Gordon Brown': 'Bower is a formidable biographer!a powerful book.' The Times 'Impressively researched!many of Bower's judgements are shrewd.' Mail on Sunday 'Excellent and public-spirited work!admirable on detail.' The Spectator Praise for 'Maxwell: The Outsider': 'It should be compulsory reading for all journalists, accountants, lawyers and crooks.' Daily Mail 'Not only a gripping read but a valuable tract for our times.' Sunday Telegraph Praise for 'Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football': 'A tour de force!the evidence it assembles is devastating.' Observer 'Devastating!an indictment of football that all fans should read and understand.' The Times
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