Bradley Hope Bücher

Two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters document the true story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of history's biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics. 75,000 first printing.

From co-author of Billion Dollar Whale Bradley Hope and award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Justin Scheck, a revelatory look at the inner workings the world's most powerful ruling clan, led by the charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A self-taught operative embarks on a high-stakes mission to undermine the North Korean regime, transforming from an Ivy League activist into a global fugitive. The narrative, penned by a New York Times bestselling author, combines thrilling elements of espionage with real-world implications, offering a gripping account of courage and defiance against oppressive systems.

How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? The tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt subvert the North Korean regime.In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it.What began as a trip down the safe and well-worn path of organizing soon morphed into something more dangerous. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped asylum-seeking North Koreans escape across the border. Meanwhile, Hong's secret organization, Cheollima Civil Defense (later renamed Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean government's activities, and its volatile third-generation ruler, Kim Jong-un. Free Joseon targeted North Korean diplomats who might be persuaded to defect, while drawing up plans for a government-in-exile. After the shocking broad-daylight assassination in 2017 of Kim Jong-nam, the dictator's older brother, Hong, along with U.S. Marine veteran Christopher Ahn, helped ferry Kim Jong-nam's family to safety. Then Hong took the group a step further. He initiated a series of high-stakes direct actions, culminating in an armed raid at the North Korean embassy in Madrid--an act that would put Ahn behind bars and turn Hong into one of the world's most unlikely fugitives.

Čo sa stane, ak sa neobmedzená moc spojí s neobmedzeným kapitálom? Renomovaní investigatívni reportéri denníka The Wall Street Journal prinášajú nevšedný pohľad na najmocnejšiu kráľovskú rodinu na svete a opisujú, ako z boja o nástupníctvo vzišiel charizmatický, no nemilosrdný saudskoarabský korunný princ Muhammad bin Salmán, ktorý ohromil celý svet. Bradley Hope a Justin Scheck využili svoje spravodajské kontakty a získali množstvo cenných informácií z utajených vládnych dokumentov a finančných spisov o prevažne neúspešných obchodných aktivitách princa. Prinášajú pohľad do zákulisia jeho života, ktorý sa chopil moci na Blízkom východe a vytvoril sieť spojencov na Západe vrátane známych amerických bankárov, hollywoodskych osobností a politikov. Keď sa objavili správy o koncentrácii moci v jeho rukách, ako aj obvinenia z násilia a chamtivosti, vzťah Saudskej Arábie a Spojených štátov, založený na výmene ropy za vojenskú ochranu, sa začal trieštiť. Kniha ponúka pútavú reportáž z Blízkeho východu, ktorý patrí k nestabilným regiónom. Ambiciózny princ s túžbou po peniazoch a blízkym vzťahom s Bielym domom môže urobiť Saudskú Arábiu ľahkým terčom islamistických extrémistov.