The House of Getty
Autor Russell Milleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 oct 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781448217526
ISBN-10: 1448217520
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Reader
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1448217520
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Reader
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Russell Miller is an award-winning journalist who conducted detailed research and interviews to write this comprehensive account of the Getty family's rise for humble beginnings to vast wealth.
Notă biografică
Russell Miller is a prize-winning journalist and the author of eleven previous books. He was born in east London in 1938 and began his career in journalism at the age of sixteen. While under contract to the Sunday Times Magazine he won four press awards and was voted Writer of the Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors. His book Magnum, on the legendary photo agency, was described by John Simpson as 'the best book on photo-journalism I have ever read', and his oral histories of D-Day, Nothing Less than Victory, and SOE, behind the lines were widely acclaimed, both in Britain and in the United States as is Ten Days in May, The People's Story of VE Day.
Cuprins
Prologue: The Midas contagionPart One: The Making of an Oilman 1903-231. 'Set another place for breakfast'2. 'You'll have to start at the bottom'3. 'Congratulations, Paul, it's making thirty barrels'4. 'This is oil land!'Part Two: The Wayward Husband 1924-485. 'Who was that girl with Paul?'6. 'He should dress you in sable'7. 'My first thought was this is THE girl'8. 'Teddy phoned. Miss her so much'9. 'My dearest darling left to join Papa'10. 'A simple Irish girl of deep spirituality'Part Three: The Richest Tycoon 1949-6411. 'In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.'12. 'Where is the oil, where is the money?'13. 'I don't believe in giving my competitors a head start'14. 'A billion dollars isn't what it used to be'15. 'Good, old-fashioned, vulgar fun'Part Four: The Family 1965-8516. 'Bad health, bad news and death'17. 'Don't let me be killed'18. 'A lecher, a miser, a womaniser'19. 'Money to fuel the legal engines forever'20. 'Not all the Gettys are interested in becoming billionaires'21. 'A curse on the family'Epilogue: The courage of MartineA Note on the Author
Recenzii
Elegant and immensely readable
A useful reminder that being rich is not enough
Russell Miller shows a life of great and inspiring entrepreneurial achievement, coupled with the hubris of Getty's personal tragedies
A useful reminder that being rich is not enough
Russell Miller shows a life of great and inspiring entrepreneurial achievement, coupled with the hubris of Getty's personal tragedies