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A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal - available for pre-order now In February 1991, Robert Maxwell made a triumphant entrance into Manhattan harbour on board his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine. He had come 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, children asked for his autograph and when Maxwell went to dine in the most fashionable Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, all the diners gave him a standing ovation. 10 months later, he disappeared off the same yacht and several hours later was found dead in the water. Within a few days, Maxwell was being reviled as the embodiment of greed and unscrupulousness.No one had ever fallen so far and so quickly. What went so wrong? How did a man who had once laid such store on the importance of ethics and good behaviour become reduced to a bloated, amoral wreck?'Preston is a natural storyteller' The Times

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Book category Books in German Belletristik Zweisprachige Ausgaben

• Full title: Fall
• Author: John Preston
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780241388686
• ISBN: 0241388686
• ID: 35447016
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 266 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 196 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. October 2021

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