John Pearson è stato uno scrittore britannico la cui opera si è spesso addentrata nelle vite e nelle carriere di individui notevoli, sia reali che fittizi. Era noto per le sue biografie dettagliate e avvincenti, che esploravano la psicologia e le motivazioni dei suoi soggetti. Lo stile di scrittura di Pearson era caratterizzato da una ricerca approfondita e dalla capacità di immergere i lettori nei mondi dei suoi protagonisti, esaminando frequentemente temi di potere, criminalità e ricerca dell'identità. Il suo lavoro offre uno sguardo avvincente sull'ambizione umana e le sue conseguenze.
When J. Paul Getty died in 1976, he left a fortune of four billion dollars to be divided among nineteen heirs, and the author of The Private Lives of Winston Churchill examines the sometimes disastrous effects of this money on its recipients.
When the Englishman learned that someone was asking about him, he introduced himself to Pearson, who persuaded him to write his story - a story even more extraordinary than that of the Krays. Because the Englishman is the only man of non-Italian blood to be admitted to the heart of the Mafia.
John Pearson, author of The Profession of Violence, the definitive bestseller on the Krays, re-examines the bizarre and frightening story of the Kray twins including new revelations about their criminal past, the trial and their extraordinary activities in jail.
A brand-new paperback edition with a new introduction, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this fan-favourite book.
"Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's 1960s gangland with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks, even today. Building an empire of organised crime on a scale never done before or since, the brothers swindled, extorted, terrorised and brutally murdered. In this classic account john Pearson explores the strange relationship that bound the twins together, and charts their gruesome career to their eventual downfall and imprisonment for life."--Back cover.
Analyzes the royal family's management of its scandals and errant members and its orchestration of information--flattering and unflattering--disseminated through mass communications
Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell were the children of possibly the most selfish and mismatched couple in the annals of the British aristocracy. John Pearson describes the public and private live of this strangest and most flamboyant of literary families.
This book identifies four key forms of air pollution: indoor, urban, regional and global. It discusses how these four types of pollution are manifest in today's society and examines the scientific and policy challenges that stand in the way of progress.
