Fall

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A dramatic, gripping account of the rise & fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal. Robert Maxwell was a very British success. Born an Orthodox Jew, he escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, fought in the Second World War, & was decorated for his heroism with the Military Cross. He went on to become a Labour MP & an astonishingly successful businessman, owning a number of newspapers & publishing companies. But after his dead body was discovered floating in waters around his superyacht, his empire fell apart as long-hidden debts & unscrupulous dealings came to light. Within a few days, Maxwell was being reviled as the embodiment of greed & corruption. What went so wrong? How did a man who had once laid such store on the importance of ethics & good behaviour become reduced to a bloated, amoral wreck? In this gripping book, John Preston delivers the definitive account of Maxwell's extraordinary rise...