Conrad and Lady Black - Softcover
- PublisherHarper Collins
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0007242697
- ISBN 13 9780007242696
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 436 pages. The riveting tale of how the wannabe aristo Conrad Black and his social mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their wa y into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. Seller Inventory # 2739b
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Book Description 8vo softcover 436pp index, b/w illus. very good. Seller Inventory # 42580
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Conrad & Lady Black: Dancing On The Edge
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. 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 exposes 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. 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. 436 pages. Pen mark to bottom of page edges indicating remainder mark. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0007242697. ISBN/EAN: 9780007242696. Inventory No: 248697. Seller Inventory # 248697
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