Tom Bower is a British author renowned for his investigative journalism and unauthorized biographies. His work delves into uncovering hidden truths and scrutinizing controversial figures. Bower's style is characterized by deep research and a direct approach, offering readers a penetrating look into the lives and careers of influential individuals. His writings frequently explore themes of power, corruption, and ethics within the realms of business and media.
'Why did the Maxwells get off? The answers are in Tom Bower's book. His relentless research has produced something more than an expose of a single rogue' Spectator The gripping expose of a tycoon's greed and his shattering self-destruction.
Sir Dick White, former head of MI5 and MI6, was Britain's most respected and experienced intelligence chief. This book draws on the author's extensive conversations with White to reveal the true role of the security services in Britain's triumphs and disasters of the past 50 years.
Publisher, politician, financier, industrialist, printer and sportsman, Robert Maxwell is a man who has provoked loyalty and loathing as well fascination from those who have witnessed his courage, energy, ambition and business acumen. In writing his biography the author has interviewed over 350 people across the world who have known Maxwell - as a young boy brought up as an orthodox Jew; in the Czech and British armies during the Second World War; in post-war Berlin and in the City of London; in Westminster where he hoped to become a senior minister in Harold Wilson's government; and in New York where his Czech relations live.
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 British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors. Yet, within one tumultuous year, the dream became a nightmare. In the aftermath of the infamous Megxit split and the Oprah Winfrey interview, the Royal Family's fate seems persistently threatened. The public remains puzzled. Meghan's success has alternatively won praise, bewildered and outraged. Confused by the Sussexes' slick publicity, few understand the real Meghan Markle. What lies ahead for Meghan? And what has happened to the family she married into? Can the Windsors restore their reputation? With extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews from insiders who have never spoken before, Tom Bower, Britain's leading investigative biographer, unpicks the tangled web of courtroom drama, courtier politics and thwarted childhood dreams to uncover an astonishing story of love, betrayal, secrets and revenge.
'THE BOOK EVERY VOTER MUST READ' Mail on Sunday'Meticulous and highly readable ... Funny and devastating' Daily Telegraph'The most compelling in-depth study so far' GuardianA gripping expose of the man, his politics and what Corbyn in Downing Street could mean for Britain
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The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller, now with a brand new final chapter. The explosive and rigorously researched account of the rift between the Sussexes and the Royal Family, from the provocative biographer of Boris Johnson, Prince Charles and Tony Blair
This book tells the sensational human story of the hunt for oil, and the politics, power and personalities involved.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Private, mysterious and some say sinister, 79 year-old Bernie Ecclestone criss-crosses the globe in his private jet mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. Ecclestone's success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business but to resist repeated attempts to snatch the glittering prize from his control. Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the major player he is today. He has finally decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes on race tracks, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air.
