My Father Was a Newspaper Man

Daughter of newspaper baron Michael Berry, later Lord Hartwell, Eleanor was born into a life of privilege, but joined the Communist Party, going to Moscow alone at the age of 17, against her parents' wishes. She taught herself fluent Russian, and later befriended rival newspaper proprietor, Robert Maxwell, and became privy to his household.

Summary

Daughter of newspaper baron Michael Berry, later Lord Hartwell, Eleanor was born into a life of privilege, but joined the Communist Party, going to Moscow alone at the age of 17, against her parents' wishes. She taught herself fluent Russian, and later befriended rival newspaper proprietor, Robert Maxwell, and became privy to his household.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor Berry
• Publisher: Book Guild Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781913551827
• ISBN: 978-1-913551-82-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 163 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies