Rough Trader: The Biography of Richard Desmond

by Tom Bower

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The image that Richard Desmond, proprietor of the "Daily Express", the "Sunday Express", the "Daily Star", and "OK!" magazine, likes to project is that of a successful tycoon, generous to charity, and on the verge of joining the big league of international media groups. But, while there is no denying his success, there is a darker side to his story that he has gone to great lengths to conceal and deny. In this book, Tom Bower lays bare the succession of dubious deals and sharp practices which enabled Desmond to achieve billionaire status in the course of his thirty-year...Read more
  • ISBN10 1845131223
  • ISBN13 9781845131227
  • Publish Date 5 February 2006
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 28 December 2005
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Aurum Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English