- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Mandarin; Revised edition edition (16 April 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749302380
- ISBN-13: 978-0749302382
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 319,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Publisher, politician, financier, industrialist, printer and sportsman, Robert Maxwell is a man who has provoked loyalty and loathing as well fascination from those who have witnessed his courage, energy, ambition and business acumen. In writing his biography the author has interviewed over 350 people across the world who have known Maxwell - as a young boy brought up as an orthodox Jew; in the Czech and British armies during the Second World War; in post-war Berlin and in the City of London; in Westminster where he hoped to become a senior minister in Harold Wilson's government; and in New York where his Czech relations live.
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Format:Paperback
I bought this book immediately on publication in 1988, then bought a new edition after the death of its subject. Tom Bower's audacity, detailed research, and sheer dogged mindedness cannot be faulted. After all, when the first edition of this title came out Maxwell was at the height of his powers and seemingly had defeated those who thought he was unfit to direct a publicly listed company.
A criminal Maxwell certainly was and his death (I do believe it weas suicide!) offered no solace to the pensioners he swindled.
Maxwell certainly did intrigue. Emerging from the depth of Ruthenia to inexplicably be encharged of granting permits to publish to German citizen in the immediate post war period in Berlin, he laid the basis of a publishing company. It is my conviction that currency swindle and providing information to the British secret service were in fact his main concerns at that time.
Bower's research concentrates on Maxwell's later years. As this book is now out of print and Robert Maxwell recedes into the mists of history, it is unlikely that the man's earlier years will ever be properly investigated. That's a pity.
As said, Bower's book cannot be faulted. No other Maxwell biographer during his life time had as much courage and stamina.
How about a Maxwell biopic directed by Oliver Stone on the basis of Bower's work? James Gandolfini, provided he can do a good accent, is my tip for the title role!
A criminal Maxwell certainly was and his death (I do believe it weas suicide!) offered no solace to the pensioners he swindled.
Maxwell certainly did intrigue. Emerging from the depth of Ruthenia to inexplicably be encharged of granting permits to publish to German citizen in the immediate post war period in Berlin, he laid the basis of a publishing company. It is my conviction that currency swindle and providing information to the British secret service were in fact his main concerns at that time.
Bower's research concentrates on Maxwell's later years. As this book is now out of print and Robert Maxwell recedes into the mists of history, it is unlikely that the man's earlier years will ever be properly investigated. That's a pity.
As said, Bower's book cannot be faulted. No other Maxwell biographer during his life time had as much courage and stamina.
How about a Maxwell biopic directed by Oliver Stone on the basis of Bower's work? James Gandolfini, provided he can do a good accent, is my tip for the title role!
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Maxwell: The Outsider: Sold and received in same condition that was advertised, great seller, good VFM.
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