Richard Nixon : the life

Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 2018

by John Farrell

Format: Paperback / softback, 752 pages, 2 x 16pp photo sections

Published: 9 Aug 2018

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a Sunday Independent Book of the YearA deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of America’s most complex president. Award-winning biographer John A. Farrell examines the life and legacy of one of America’s most controversial political figures, from Nixon’s early days in the Navy to his political career as senator, vice president, and finally president, and his downfall in 1974 following the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war American political cynicism – and was destroyed by it.