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Tom Bower

    28 de septiembre de 1946

    Tom Bower es un autor británico reconocido por su periodismo de investigación y sus biografías no autorizadas. Su obra se adentra en el descubrimiento de verdades ocultas y el escrutinio de figuras controvertidas. El estilo de Bower se caracteriza por una investigación profunda y un enfoque directo, ofreciendo a los lectores una mirada penetrante a las vidas y carreras de individuos influyentes. Sus escritos exploran con frecuencia temas de poder, corrupción y ética dentro de los ámbitos de los negocios y los medios de comunicación.

    Tom Bower
    FAMILIES
    Conrad and Lady Black
    Maxwell. The Outsider
    Blood Money
    Tiny Rowland
    Blind Eye to Murder
    • Blind Eye to Murder

      Britain, America and the Purging of Nazi Germany: A Pledge Betrayed

      • 576 páginas
      • 21 horas de lectura

      This dispassionate but shocking indictment of the implementation of Allied policy toward war criminals, dispels once & for all the myth that important Nazi crimininals were removed from power.

      Blind Eye to Murder
      5,0
    • Tiny Rowland

      • 659 páginas
      • 24 horas de lectura

      An account of the life and career of the entrepreneur, Tiny Rowland, the head of Lonrho and the owner of "The Observer". It is a story of empire-building, unresolved mystery, commercial skulduggery, financial acumen, and confrontations with a succession of governments in Europe, America and Africa.

      Tiny Rowland
      4,4
    • Blood Money

      The Swiss, the Nazis and the Looted Billions

      • 412 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      This work reveals the role played by the Swiss banks and the Swiss government in exploiting World War II and the Holocaust to their financial advantage; a role which included helping the Nazis to hide and sell their loot siezed from occupied Europe, and stealing the deposits made in those banks by Jewish individuals and organizations.

      Blood Money
      4,4
    • 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.

      Maxwell. The Outsider
      4,0
    • The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details of Black's high-profile trial for corporate fraud, sure to claim international attention.

      Conrad and Lady Black
      3,0
    • The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors. Yet, within one tumultuous year, the dream became a nightmare. In the aftermath of the infamous Megxit split and the Oprah Winfrey interview, the Royal Family's fate seems persistently threatened. The public remains puzzled. Meghan's success has alternatively won praise, bewildered and outraged. Confused by the Sussexes' slick publicity, few understand the real Meghan Markle. What lies ahead for Meghan? And what has happened to the family she married into? Can the Windsors restore their reputation? With extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews from insiders who have never spoken before, Tom Bower, Britain's leading investigative biographer, unpicks the tangled web of courtroom drama, courtier politics and thwarted childhood dreams to uncover an astonishing story of love, betrayal, secrets and revenge.

      FAMILIES
      3,9
    • Heroes of World War II

      • 144 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      Celebrating individual men and women who epitomize the courage, fortitude and spirit that enabled Britain and the Allies to triumph in World War II, this book recounts the exploits of more than 100 people - in the fury of battle or alone, and behind the lines.

      Heroes of World War II
      3,5
    • Boris Johnson

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      A Sunday Times Book of the YearA Times Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the Year'EXPLOSIVE...

      Boris Johnson
      3,8
    • Tom Bower, Britain's leading investigative biographer, unpicks the tangled web surrounding the Sussexes and their relationship with the royal family. From courtroom dramas to courtier politics, using extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews from insiders who have never spoken before, this book uncovers an astonishing story of love, betrayal, secrets and revenge.

      Revenge
      3,9