A review by alexcruse
Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron by John Preston
4.0
4.5 stars.
You may not know who Robert Maxwell is, particularly if you are an American Millennial like myself. However, you likely do know who his youngest daughter is...Ghislaine Maxwell.
This book, about media and print tycoon Robert Maxwell was truly fascinating stuff. From his birth into a poor family in what was then Czechoslovakia, to losing most of his family in the Holocaust, to being the rival of Rupert Murdoch; it's truly wild. Maxwell is no hero but his life and his mysterious death at sea (his yacht was called the Lady Ghislaine) propel this as incredibly readable non-fiction.
You may not know who Robert Maxwell is, particularly if you are an American Millennial like myself. However, you likely do know who his youngest daughter is...Ghislaine Maxwell.
This book, about media and print tycoon Robert Maxwell was truly fascinating stuff. From his birth into a poor family in what was then Czechoslovakia, to losing most of his family in the Holocaust, to being the rival of Rupert Murdoch; it's truly wild. Maxwell is no hero but his life and his mysterious death at sea (his yacht was called the Lady Ghislaine) propel this as incredibly readable non-fiction.