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Bonfire of the Murdochs

By: Gabriel Sherman
Narrated by: Cassandra Medcalf
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 When Rupert Murdoch made a fateful decision about who should inherit his media colossus, he believed that pitting his children against each other would produce the most capable heir. Twenty-five years later, that gamble would tear apart one of the world’s most powerful families and trigger a multi-billion dollar reckoning in a succession battle featuring betrayals, lawsuits, and revenge plots.

In Bonfire of the Murdochs, bestselling author Gabriel Sherman tells the inside story of this epic family war, one whose seeds were planted a half-century ago in Australia when the complicated patriarch left his homeland to conquer the world and please the ghost of his judgmental father. That quest culminated in a media empire that controlled Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and tabloids on three continents, which wielded more political and cultural power than any single company in modern times.

But Rupert’s plan to rip up the secret trust controlling his empire and anoint his conservative firstborn son Lachlan as successor set him on a collision course with his three more liberal children What price would Rupert pay to secure his legacy? For the aging patriarch, this would be his final and most personal deal.

Based on interviews with more than 150 sources, Bonfire of the Murdochs is a richly textured narrative where each child plays their predestined role in a blood feud that explodes in a courtroom showdown. There, Murdoch’s children weaponize his own secrets against him. It is a tragedy Shakespeare would have appreciated, where getting everything you want costs everything you love. Entertainment & Celebrities Politics & Government Inspiring War
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Pushed myself through it, and the family were absolutely mad but that didn't make up for a very boring book.
as usual the person reading the audiobook mispronounced so many words and names that they really should've checked before attempting

Should have been interesting

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Great tempo to this story - I’m coming to terms with the damage Murdoch has done to the world having read this book my mind is blown at his reach and power.

How naive have I been

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A deep dive into how Richard Murdoch has become the modern incarnation of King Midas. The man has amassed billions, and built a business empire that feeds into the lives of so many, and yet he’s managed to almost completely isolate himself from those closest to him.

Bonfire of the Murdochs

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