John Preston.
john preston: ROBERT MAXWELL BIOGRAPHY
fall: the mystery of robert maxwell (2020)
Winner of the 2021 Costa Prize.
Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize.
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Robert Maxwell (born 1923, died 1991) was a colourful publisher and newspaper proprietor, who brought his company to bankruptcy and died mysteriously when he disappeared from his large yacht near the Canary Islands. He had as a young man escaped from his native Czechoslovakia when it was invaded by the Nazis and joined the Czechoslovak army in exile, lying about his age. He had an outstanding military career, being awarded the Military Cross for bis bravery in storming a German machine gun nest, and rose to the rank of Captain. After the war he built up a highly successful scientific publishing business, moving on to purchase of the Daily Mirror in London and the New York Daily News.
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John Preston (born 1953) has had a distinguished and varied career as an author of both fiction and non-fiction, and as the writer of television docudrama. His television work includes ‘A Very English Scandal’ about Jeremy Thorpe’s political disgrace, and ‘Stonehouse’ about the disappearance of the Labour politician. His journalistic career included being Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and the Sunday Telegraph, where he was their TV critic for ten years.
