No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone - Hardcover

Bower, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 057126929X ISBN 13: 9780571269297

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2011

Synopsis

'I'm no angel.' Bernie Ecclestone

Born into poverty, Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing. Private, mysterious and some say sinister, the eighty-year-old criss-crosses the globe in his private jet, mixing with celebrities, statesmen and sporting heroes. His success is not just in creating a multibillion-pound global business but in resisting repeated attempts to snatch the glittering prize from his control.

Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the major player he is today. He has finally decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes in Formula One racing, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air.

Surprisingly, he has granted access to his inner circle to Tom Bower, described by Ecclestone as 'The Undertaker' - the man who buries reputations - and has given him access to all his friends and enemies. All have been told by Ecclestone, 'Tell him the truth, good or bad.'

No Angel is a classic rags-to-riches story, the unique portrayal of a unique man and an intriguing insight into Formula One racing, business and the human spirit. Tom Bower is the author of nineteen books, including biographies of Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Fayed, Gordon Brown, Richard Branson, Conrad Black and more recently, Simon Cowell.

About this title

Review:

'In Tom Bower, Ecclestone has found the ideal biographer. This magnificent book, based on characteristically intensive research, can only add to Bower's already formidable reputation ...' --Sunday Telegraph

'A marvellous book, with a great story to tell, and many wonderful smaller stories as well.' --Daily Mail

'A vastly insightful work that peels away the layers guarding this most unusually protected and inscrutable of men ... For once, though, with this riveting biography, Ecclestone's levers have deserted him. Underneath his skin, away from the negotiating table, he is exposed as human after all.' --Evening Standard

Book Description:

No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone is Tom Bower's bestselling biography of the international Formula One tycoon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 057126929X
• ISBN 13: 9780571269297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432