{"product_id":"a-matter-of-principle-9781594036590","title":"A Matter of Principle","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Conrad Black, in his statement to the court, June 24, 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1993, Conrad Black was the proprietor of London's \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and the head of one of the world's largest newspaper groups. He completed a memoir in 1992, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"great prospects beckoned.\" In 2004, he was fired as chairman of Hollinger International after he and his associates were accused of fraud. Here, for the first time, Black describes his indictment, four-month trial in Chicago, partial conviction, imprisonment, and largely successful appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this unflinchingly revealing and superbly written memoir, Black writes without reserve about the prosecutors who mounted a campaign to destroy him and the journalists who presumed he was guilty. Fascinating people fill these pages, from prime ministers and presidents to the social, legal, and media elite, among them: Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Jean Chrétien, Rupert Murdoch, Izzy Asper, Richard Perle, Norman Podhoretz, Eddie Greenspan, Alan Dershowitz, and Henry Kissinger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoven throughout are Black's views on big themes: politics, corporate governance, and the U.S. justice system. He is candid about highly personal subjects, including his friendships - with those who have supported and those who have betrayed him - his Roman Catholic faith, and his marriage to Barbara Amiel. And he writes about his complex relations with Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, and in particular the blow he has suffered at the hands of that nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary book, Black maintains his innocence and recounts what he describes as \"the fight of and for my life.\" \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Principle\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting memoir and a scathing account of a flawed justice system.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Conrad Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955895079030,"sku":"9781594036590","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_02490a0b-0f81-41f7-8059-4c1cb9afe81f.jpg?v=1767713164","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/a-matter-of-principle-9781594036590","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}