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[Conrad Black] ↠ A Matter of Principle ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. A Matter of Principle A superb life story in elegant and riveting prose. It exceeded my expectation which were high anyway. I gave it a 5star rating which somehow appears as a one-star in the yellow galaxy above which is irritating.. Perry Mason is Dead In the boardroom battles and the courtroom trials, Conrad Black sat across from some very dangerous and destructive people. But the next most dangerous people (and only by a tiny amount) were the lawyers sitting by his side. Black is pretty candid about the difficulti
| Title | : | A Matter of Principle |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594036594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 620 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
The former head of the Argus and Hollinger corporate groups and of London's Telegraph newspapers, Black is also the founder of Canada's National Post. After 29 months in federal prison, he was released on bail, but the appellate panel whose findings had been vacated by the high court restored two counts when the case was remanded back to it. On June 24, 2011, Black was resentenced to a further seven and a half months in prison, which he is serving at time of publication, and 90 pe
I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it."—Conrad Black, in his statement to the court, June 24, 2011In 1993, Conrad Black was the proprietor of London's Daily Telegraph and the head of one of the world's largest newspaper groups. Fascinating people fill these pages, from prime ministers and presidents to the social, legal, and media elite, among them: Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Jean Chrétien, Rupert Murdoch, Izzy Asper, Richard Perle, Norman Podhoretz, Eddie Greenspan, Alan Dershowitz, and Henry Kissinger.Woven throughout are Black's views on big themes: politics, corporate governance, and the U.S. He is candid about highly personal subjects, including his friendships - with those who have supported and those who have betrayed him - his Roman Catholic faith, and his marriage to Barbara Amiel. "I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. justice system. And he writes about his complex relations with Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, and in particular the blow he has suffered at the hands of that nation.In this extraordinary book, Black maintains his in
A superb life story in elegant and riveting prose. It exceeded my expectation which were high anyway. I gave it a 5star rating which somehow appears as a one-star in the yellow galaxy above which is irritating.. Perry Mason is Dead In the boardroom battles and the courtroom trials, Conrad Black sat across from some very dangerous and destructive people. But the next most dangerous people (and only by a tiny amount) were the lawyers sitting by his side. Black is pretty candid about the difficulties and the outrageous cost of dealing with legal firms and individual lawyers, who are part (along with the judges and prosecutors) of what he terms "a medieval guild". Time after time in . A Matter of Principal is a wonderful read Joan Beckett A wonderfully written book that is impossible to put down. My conclusion after reading the book is that Conrad Black is a man of great courage who was unjustly persecuted.
"Authorative and highly readable." —Andrew Roberts, The Daily Beast "An enthralling work." —Fortune "Beautifully chronicled." —Ottawa Citizen "A gripping account." —Evening Standard
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