Did Maxwell con the queen? He was lauded by everyone from Reagan to Thatcher

BIOGRAPHY FALL: THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT MAXWELL    by John Preston (Viking £18.99, 352 pp) There have been many books written about Robert Maxwell, but surely none as pacy, entertaining and jaw-dropping as this one. The author of Fall, John Preston, is also a novelist: he brings those talents to bear on a person whose entire … Read more