This is a book about two media barons. Both were so desperate and ruthless to overtake each other's empire. Richard Armstrong who hailed from an obscure Jewish family from the eastern part of Europe.
He lost his family and nearest ones during the ravage invasion of Hitler's army. By changing his original name Lubji Hoch to Richard , fought behalf England and eventually his interest in the media brought him to launch a daily. His success in the venture made him powerful in other aspects too.
On the other side, in Australia, Keith Townsend son of a renowned media baron wanted to extend his family business entire world.
Keith was an Oxford educated and money was not a problem for him. His prime rival was none other than Richard Armstrong.
The whole book is all about their plans, strategies and weaknesses and conspiracies etc. Some readers said that the author built the same story line in Kane and Abel but I have never read it.
Novel goes slowly and lot of pages consumed in building two main characters elaborately. The global scale war between two media barons to invade the territories of each other's circulation explained how employees were used and thrown at times.
Their desperate struggle led to destruction and were thrown into debts anyway. The novel first published in 1996 and afflicted with some legal issues.
Rumors were there that the concept has been drawn from the real incidents of Maxwell and Murdoch.
--- Murthy
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