Conrad & Lady Blk

by Tom Bower

Book Overview

The rise and fall of media tycoon Conrad Black and his journalist wife, Barbara Amiel, is one of the great stories of the modern business world. In Outrageous Fortune, London-based journalist Tom... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007232349
• ISBN13: 9780007232345
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.

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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.