John Blake signs Murdoch book

Written By: Neill Denny Publication Date: Thu, 21/07/2011 - 08:45 John Blake has signed a book by a journalist-turned-lawyer on the Rupert Murdoch story, for publication next February. Called The Rise and Fall of the Murdoch Empire the book will be written by John Lisners, who worked for Murdoch in America, Australia and Britain before leaving to take up law a decade ago. Blake describes the book as "a human story, an affectionate portrait, and a story like something out of Shakespeare". read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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