Tom Roberts is a media historian and award-winning biographer. Based in London, he works with archives and research institutions internationally. His previous book, How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language (2017), was co-written with Peter Oborne.

To unpeel the layers of 'the man who owns the media', it's difficult to think of someone more qualified than Tom Roberts ... Here, Roberts again applies his forensic approach and scholarly rigour.

• Introduction: Moulding a myth1. Rosehearty2. American immigrant3. Finding his voice4. 'Murder, history, war'5. Hearts and minds...and bodies6. A romance into air7. The Prince and the Pressman8. Lessons from a madman's bible9. Healthy competition10. Kingmaker11. Media empire12. A girdle round about the Earth13. By phone and clone14. The son risesEpilogue: A new inheritanceIndex

Tom Roberts is a media historian and award-winning biographer. Based in London, he works with archives and research institutions internationally. His previous book, How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language (2017), was co-written with Peter Oborne.

To unpeel the layers of 'the man who owns the media', it's difficult to think of someone more qualified than Tom Roberts ... Here, Roberts again applies his forensic approach and scholarly rigour.

• Introduction: Moulding a myth1. Rosehearty2. American immigrant3. Finding his voice4. 'Murder, history, war'5. Hearts and minds...and bodies6. A romance into air7. The Prince and the Pressman8. Lessons from a madman's bible9. Healthy competition10. Kingmaker11. Media empire12. A girdle round about the Earth13. By phone and clone14. The son risesEpilogue: A new inheritanceIndex

Tom Roberts is a media historian and award-winning biographer. Based in London, he works with archives and research institutions internationally. His previous book, How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language (2017), was co-written with Peter Oborne.

To unpeel the layers of 'the man who owns the media', it's difficult to think of someone more qualified than Tom Roberts ... Here, Roberts again applies his forensic approach and scholarly rigour.

• Introduction: Moulding a myth1. Rosehearty2. American immigrant3. Finding his voice4. 'Murder, history, war'5. Hearts and minds...and bodies6. A romance into air7. The Prince and the Pressman8. Lessons from a madman's bible9. Healthy competition10. Kingmaker11. Media empire12. A girdle round about the Earth13. By phone and clone14. The son risesEpilogue: A new inheritanceIndex