The Fourth Estate - Jeffrey Archer

Lubji Hoch survived Word War II on luck, guts, and ruthlessness.  At the war's end, renamed Richard Armstrong, he buys a floundering newspaper in Berlin and deviously puts his competitors out of business.  But it isn't enough.  Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Keith Townsend, the Oxford-educated son of a millionaire newspaper owner, takes over his family's business.  His energy and brilliant strategic thinking quickly makes him the leading newpaper publisher in Australia.  Still, he long to move on to the world stage.

As both Amstrong and Townsend seize control of everything they see, their ambitions collide on a global scale.  But suddenly they both find themselves threatened by fanancial disaster and enormous debt.  Frantic to save his crumbling empire, each man turns desperate.  One's quest will lead to triumph, the other's will end in tragedy in this awsome tale of wealth and corruption, desire and destruction.

Condition : Front cover is badly torn at spine and spine is worn with use.

Format : Softcover

Date of publication : 1996

Weight = approx 361g