Rupert Murdoch is the most powerful media baron in the world.
In this gripping and controversial book, Shawcross traces Murdoch's extraordinary odyssey: from the foundation of one small Australian afternoon paper to a gigantic company worth an estimated $12 billion. Shawcross examines the tycoon's advances across the world from Australia to London, New York to Hollywood and, most recently, into Asia with the purchase of Star Television in Hong Kong.
By the end of the 1980s, Murdoch's ceaseless expansion had incurred a debt the size of Ecuador's which threatened to destroy his company. The story of his Houdini-like escape is the thrilling climax to the first inside account of Murdoch's unprecedented rise to power in the global village.
Contains black and white photographs.
