'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.

Robert Maxwell was one of Britain's most flamboyant, complex and - seemingly - richest business titans.

In this dramatic narrative investigative author Tom Bower, whose bestselling biography Maxwell: The Outsider exposed Maxwell's crimes during his life, reveals how his secrets caught up with him - from the mammoth scale of his hidden fraud, to his mysterious death off the coast of the Canary Islands, to the trials of his children as their empire collapsed.

Told with explosive, exclusive detail, this is the riveting story of a generation-defining web of corruption.

'A story which has everything: greed, intrigue, fraud, sex, spies, famous names and a mysterious and violent death'
Observer

'A devastating indictment not only of one man but of human fallibility and the City of London'
Sunday Times

'This book is difficult even to review without running into problems of defamation. Bower is quite fearless ... Excellent'
Daily Telegraph

About the Author

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 most recent works are 'Conrad and Lady Black', 'The Squeeze' and his biographies of Simon Cowell and Bernie Ecclestone. Among his other much-debated biographies are those of Mohammed Fayed, Richard Branson and Robert Maxwell.

Reviews

'Bower presents a story which has everything: greed, intrigue, fraud, sex, spies, famous names and a mysterious and violent death'
Andy McSmith, Observer

'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'
Paul Foot, Spectator

'Bower's portrait of the monster is totally convincing and his grasp of the financial nuts and bolts formidable'
Martin Vander Weyer, Sunday Telegraph

'A devastating indictment not only of one man but of human fallibility and the City of London'
Roy Greenslade, Sunday Times

'An epic tale of deception and greed... Bower shows absolute mastery of the financial maneouvrings. No one could have too much faith in the capitalist system after reading this gripping book'
Richard Ingrams, Evening Standard

'This book is difficult even to review without running into problems of defamation. Bower is quite fearless... excellent'
Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph

Book Information
ISBN 9780007292875
Author Tom Bower
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint William Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 32mm