Fourth Estate, the
Fourth Estate, the (Spanish Edition) Jeffrey Archer,
Publisher: Berkley Trade Pub
ISBN: 0061091936
Edition: Hardcover; 1997-05
Summary:
In a stunning display of storytelling, reminiscent of his blockbuster
Kane & Abel, Jeffrey Archer creates two extraordinary protagonists
whose life stories could have been taken from today's headlines, and
pits them against each other as each strives to be the first to
create a global media empire and become the most powerful man on
earth. Lubji Hoch breaks the bonds of his humble beginnings as the
son of an illiterate Jewish peasant, escapes the Nazis, changes his
name to Richard Armstrong, becomes a decorated officer in the British
army and ultimately finds himself in Berlin, where his sharp mind and
killer instincts win him the opportunity to head up a floundering
newspaper. As rival papers in the city fail in the wake of his
ruthlessness, he is poised to move on to even greater things. On the
other side of the world, in Australia, Keith Townsend, son of a
millionaire newspaper owner, is being groomed to follow in his
father's footsteps. Private schools, an Oxford degree and a position
at a London newspaper lead him up to the time of his father's death,
when he takes over the family business. His energy and brilliant
strategic thinking quickly make him the leading newspaper publisher
in Australia. Yet he, too, longs to move on to the world stage.
Armstrong's and Townsend's ambitions collide on a global scale. Each
controls a mass-circulation British tabloid and a New York daily
newspaper that is losing money. Each suddenly finds himself
threatened by financial disaster brought on by enormous debts. Both
become desperate to save their crumbling empires. One ends up flying
his private jet to his yacht in Nice and ordering the captain to sail
out to sea. The other prepares a press release to announce that he is
about to go bankrupt. The Fourth Estate is the timely and compelling
story of two men who, though they come from totally different
backgrounds, stand face to face on the highest precipice, prepared to
risk everything to beat each other and control the biggest media
empire in the world.
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