Tom Bower ist ein britischer Autor, der für seinen investigativen Journalismus und seine unautorisierten Biografien bekannt ist. Seine Arbeit konzentriert sich darauf, verborgene Wahrheiten aufzudecken und kontroverse Persönlichkeiten zu beleuchten. Bowers Stil zeichnet sich durch gründliche Recherche und einen direkten Ansatz aus, der den Lesern einen tiefen Einblick in das Leben und die Karrieren einflussreicher Persönlichkeiten bietet. Seine Werke untersuchen häufig Themen wie Macht, Korruption und Ethik in der Welt des Geschäfts und der Medien.
die Schweiz und die verschwundenen Nazi-Milliarden
Tom Bower untersucht die Zusammenarbeit Schweizer Banken mit Nazi-Deutschland während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und deren Rolle bei der Verwahrung von gestohlenem Gold und Vermögenswerten. Seine Erkenntnisse basieren auf jahrelanger Recherche in globalen Archiven im Auftrag des Jüdischen Weltkongresses.
Bernard Charles „Bernie“ Ecclestone wurde 1930 in Ipswich/England geboren. In den Anfängen kleiner Gebrauchtwagenhändler, gehört der umstrittene Kopf der Formel 1 heute zu den reichsten Menschen der Welt. Als Autorennfahrer selbst wenig erfolgreich, erwarb er 1957 seinen ersten Rennstall und begann in den 1970er Jahren mit der weltweiten Vermarktung der Formel 1, um sie zu einem Global Player zu machen. Ein sagenhafter Erfolg, kühles Machtstreben und etliche Skandale ließen den heute 80-jährigen zu einem Medienstar werden.
'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.
Sir Dick White, former head of MI5 and MI6, was Britain's most respected and experienced intelligence chief. This book draws on the author's extensive conversations with White to reveal the true role of the security services in Britain's triumphs and disasters of the past 50 years.
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.
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.
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.
