Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge

by Tom Bower

Book Overview

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 rise and fall of the media tycoon Conrad Black is rivalled in its spectacular extravagance only by the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007247168
• ISBN13: 9780007247165
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

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Conrad Black was born to relatively wealthy parents in Canada and was able to start from there and build quite a large business empire, mostly in newspaper publishing. He subquently became a British citizen and was knighted. He married the beautiful columnist Barbara Amiel who later famously said 'I have an extravagance that knows no bounds.' If the schedule is maintained, Conrad Black will go on trial on March 5, 2007 charged with eight counts of mail fraud and wire fraud relating to the alleged diversion of millions of dollars from one of his companies. If convicted he could be sentenced to up to 40 years. This is an unauthorized biography, and is not very complimentary. It describes a Conrad Black that seemed to have the ability to borrow lots of money to buy companies but than no capability to manage them profitably. If nothing else, the Blacks are interesting people. They present a story like the lifestyles of the rich and famous but based on lies and illegal borrowing of millions of dollars.