House of Cards - Hardcover

Dobbs, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002234505 ISBN 13: 9780002234504

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

Francis Urquhart is determined to be the next Prime Minister after Thatcher. Mattie Storin, a political correspondent, is equally determined to reveal a story of greed, corruption, blackmail and possibly murder. The author worked as a journalist during Watergate and as an advisor to Mrs Thatcher.

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Review:

‘This blood-and-thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity... a great triumph.’
Independent

‘The exciting thriller that has Westminster buzzing. Here is a political thriller writer with a marvellous inside track knowledge of government. House of Cards is fast-moving, revelatory and brilliant.’
Daily Express

From the Back Cover:

When Francis Urquhart decides to fight for the ultimate political job – Prime Minister – he issues no challenge to the present incumbent. Instead, using the ammunition of political secrets he's acquired over the years as Chief Whip, he begins a silent, deadly campaign to eliminate every other candidate in any way he can – including murder. Mattie Storin, a young woman journalist, is the only one to sense Urquhart's terrifying self-interest and intent – but to take him on she must range herself against the most powerful men in the country.

A superb political thriller by Michael Dobbs, once advisor to such Conservative luminaries as Margaret Thatcher, Cecil Parkinson and Norman Tebbit, told with all the authority and excitement of inside knowledge.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0002234505
• ISBN 13: 9780002234504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384