Fall

The rise, shameful fall and death of Maxwell. The publishing tycoon, who was obsessed with his rival, Rupert Murdoch

Almost 30 years have passed since the notorious business tycoon and newspaper owner, Robert Maxwell died at sea in unexplained circumstances. This is his life story. It encompasses the fraud as a vast, sweeping whole, spanning from the second world war to his latter years.

While largely anecdotal, the incredible stories are good. The picture of Maxwell that emerges is vivid but familiar: inflated, florid, devious, greedy, bullying, absurd. But why was he these things?