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Robber Baron

Lord Black of Crossharbour

By: George Tombs

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Hardcover | 15 November 2007

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Robber Baron is an unauthorized biography of Conrad Black, who built the world's third-largest media empire and is now facing criminal charges in Chicago for alleged fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. Robber Baron is based on rigorous research, hard-hitting interviews, original documents, and exclusive access to Black and his close family and friends, key associates, critics, and staunch enemies. Written by George Tombs, an award-winning journalist and historian, this book gives a fascinating insider's look at a complex, driven man who is never out of the news for long. The book will include key testimony and evidence from Black's Chicago trial, as well as insights into his defence, strategies, hopes . . . and fears. Love him or hate him, Black is a fighter who never says die. Robber Baron tells the story of a modern-day Citizen Kane, helping readers understand why Black does what he does.

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"At no point does the biographer demonstrate anything but impartiality toward his subject, a fact which serves Tombs well during his coverage of Black's highly-publicized fraud trial in Chicago." --"Scene Magazine"
"Benefits immensely from the author's ability to score interviews with Black himself." --"Quill & Quire"
"Tombs plumbs Black's psychology objectively, but with a sharp insight." --"Editor & Publisher"
"This intimate portrait reveals a man who's spent his life courting the rich and powerful. . . . All of this enthralling material is placed in clever juxtaposition with taped interviews with the baron himself." --"Independent on Sunday"
"In my view, Lord Black is the best biography . . . Lord Black is a full-fledged biography that gives us much to chew on as we speculate on why Black does what he does." --Don Cayo, "Vancouver Sun"
"Tombs has the advantage of being the only Black biographer who had access to his subject." --Alan Hustak, "The Montreal Gazette"
"A fascinating study . . . a terrific book that engages you from the get-go." --"The Gary Doyle Show", CKGL Kitchener radio station

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Non-Fiction Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Information Technology Industries Biographies & True Stories Biographies Business & Industry Biographies Publishing Industry & Book Trade Social Services & Welfare Crime & Criminology

Entering the Labyrinth	p. 3
Chicago Law	p. 37
Dreams of Grandeur	p. 61
The Quebec Years	p. 91
Machiavellian, Backroom Boy, Kingmaker	p. 135
Paper Chase	p. 179
The Crown Jewel	p. 225
The Sun Shall Never Set	p. 271
His Finest Hour	p. 305
Completely Outmaneuvered	p. 341
Conviction	p. 385
Notes	p. 413
Selected Bibliography	p. 425
Index	p. 433
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