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Author Day, Michael, 1966- author.

Title Being Berlusconi : the rise and fall from cosa nostra to bunga bunga / Michael Day.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
©2015

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  945.0931 DAY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "People from all walks of life are appalled and fascinated in equal measure by the stratospheric political career of the tycoon and three-time Italian Prime Minister. Michael Day provides an in depth look at the life and crimes of the shameless media mogul until his nine lives ran out and he faced definitive conviction which signaled his irreversible decline. He tells the story of a bright and ambitious man from a lower-middle class family who shook off his humble origins and rose to become rich and powerful beyond most people's dreams--a multi-billionaire whose Mediaset company remains one of Europe's largest television and cinema conglomerates. Along the way, amid the election victories, business triumphs, and womanizing, he became bogged down by his hubris, egotism, sexual obsessions, as well as his flagrant disregard for the law. And yet how and why did Italy and Italians put up with him for so long? With the 78-year-old's legal woes ongoing, including further trials for bribery, after a recent nine-month community service stint, Being Berlusconi is well-timed to mark the final chapters of a notorious--and astonishing--life and career"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936-2023
Prime ministers -- Italy -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- Italy -- Biography.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1994-2018
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936- (OCoLC)fst00227763
Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Prime ministers. (OCoLC)fst01076416
Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
Chronological Term Since 1994
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
ISBN 9781137280046 hardcover
1137280042 hardcover
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