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Fall
- The Mystery of Robert Maxwell
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021.
The Sunday Times best seller.
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2021.
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award.
A Sunday Times and Telegraph Book of the Year.
From the best-selling author of A Very English Scandal, the jaw-dropping life story of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell.
In February 1991, the media mogul and former MP Robert Maxwell made a triumphant entrance into Manhattan harbour aboard his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, 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 and children asked for his autograph. But just 10 months later, Maxwell disappeared from the same yacht off the Canary Islands, only to be found dead in the water soon afterward.
Maxwell was the embodiment of Britain's postwar boom. Born an Orthodox Jew, he had escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, fought in World War II and was decorated for his heroism with the Military Cross. He went on to become a Labour MP and an astonishingly successful businessman, owning a number of newspapers and publishing companies. But on his death, his empire fell apart, as long-hidden debts and unscrupulous dealings came to light. Within a few days, Maxwell was being reviled as the embodiment of greed and corruption. No one had ever fallen so far and so quickly.
What went so wrong? How did a war hero and model of society become reduced to a bloated, amoral wreck? In this gripping book, John Preston delivers the definitive account of Maxwell's extraordinary rise and scandalous fall.
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- m. webster
- 15-02-21
What alive story
Fascinating insight into a very colourful monster. sadly raiding pension funds is no novelty these days and the culprits get knighthoods.
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- Julian S.
- 06-01-22
Truth beyond the wildest fiction
An astonishing story, superbly told. I can't recommend it highly enough. Deserves every award.
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- r witherington
- 15-03-22
Facinating and depressing
Facinating horror/fable story that is at times hard to believe happened and yet understandable considering the protagonists desire for greed. Way better than i thought it would be.
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- C Fry
- 16-04-22
Simply brilliant!
An incredible story of the life of media mogul Robert Maxwell. With lots of first hand accounts and interviews from those who lived shared their lives with him. Totally riveting and beautifully narrated.
I cannot recommend this enough and prey it gets made into an equally good Television mini series!
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- msrx3sjj
- 21-09-23
Outstanding story and performance
Thoroughly enjoyed the story of Maxwell’s colourful life, brilliantly performed. Have listened to various biographies but this has to be the best yet.
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- PM
- 08-02-21
Fascinating.
This is a fascinating, absorbing account of the old fraud’s colourful life, well read, and marred only by some careless editing.
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- Lee
- 25-02-21
A good listen
A good story of Robert Maxwell - enjoyable, and a story of if you dont bring your children up right,
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- Sally Ingram
- 05-03-21
Fantastic!
Just a great book, balanced and surprising all at once! Listened several times as there was so much depth really engrosing.
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- Mr. N. B. Cherry
- 19-01-22
Self-made man
An incomplete biography of an incomplete human being. If this narrative were a film script, nobody would believe it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-21
Very enjoyable
Very interesting book. Well written and excellent, engaging narration. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book.
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