Maxwell

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Robert Maxwell, international media entrepreneur, started twice with nothing and fought his way to worldwide recognition and success against the odds. This definitive biography of an extraordinary man was written by Joe Haines, author and journalist, with full access to Maxwell's archives, family, and associates. No conditions were set as to how Haines would use these sources or as to the judgments he would make.
Born Ludvik Hoch in a small village in Ruthenia, then part of Czechoslovakia, he was a member of the Czech underground at sixteen. By the end of World War II Maxwell had been commissioned in the field as a British army officer and awarded Britain's Military Cross.
In postwar Germany, Maxwell — by now married and a British citizen — was in charge of maintaining a free press in the British sector of Berlin. There he helped reestablish the famous Springer-Verlag publishing house. This was the start of his career in publishing.
Robert Maxwell's many roles today range... Tovább

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Robert Maxwell, international media entrepreneur, started twice with nothing and fought his way to worldwide recognition and success against the odds. This definitive biography of an extraordinary man was written by Joe Haines, author and journalist, with full access to Maxwell's archives, family, and associates. No conditions were set as to how Haines would use these sources or as to the judgments he would make.
Born Ludvik Hoch in a small village in Ruthenia, then part of Czechoslovakia, he was a member of the Czech underground at sixteen. By the end of World War II Maxwell had been commissioned in the field as a British army officer and awarded Britain's Military Cross.
In postwar Germany, Maxwell — by now married and a British citizen — was in charge of maintaining a free press in the British sector of Berlin. There he helped reestablish the famous Springer-Verlag publishing house. This was the start of his career in publishing.
Robert Maxwell's many roles today range beyond that of newspaper, book, and magazine publisher to include television and film producer, cable TV operator, printer, electronics manufacturer, politician, chairman of sporting clubs and events, and chairman of Britain's National AIDS Trust fund-raising effort, making him one of the most influential men in the world.
This is a book about the battles that mark the milestones of Maxwell's controversial life.
Joe Haines is the Mirror Group Political Editor, a title he has held since Robert Maxwell became publisher of the Mirror Group in 1984. In 1976 he wrote The Politics of Power, the best-selling account of his years as press secretary to British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Haines opposed Robert Maxwell's acquisition of Mirror Group Newspapers but subsequently became Maxwell's confidant, friend, and occasional sparring partner.
He was born and brought up in London's dockland during the Blitz. His hobby is gardening at his home in Kent. Vissza