Death of a Princess: The True Story Behind Diana's Tragic End

Tom Sancton · Scott MacLeod

juil. 2017 · Vendu par Penguin

À propos de cet e-book

For the twentieth anniversary of Diana's death, a new, updated edition of the headline-grabbing New York Times bestseller that told the definitive story of how the Princess of Wales lost her life in a high-speed car accident in the heart of Paris on August 31, 1997.

What really happened on that fateful summer night? Rumors still abound: that Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed (son of wealthy Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al Fayed), were planning to marry and British intelligence was somehow involved in their deaths. Or, that the paparazzi, a second car, or Diana and Dodi's driver, may have been responsible.

Written by Tom Sancton, Time's Paris bureau chief at the time, and Scott MacLeod, then the magazine's Middle East correspondent, Death of a Princess struck a chord in 1998 with its exhaustive account of what really happened in the months, days, hours, and minutes leading up to the fatal crash. The book remains a masterwork of strong, original reporting, firsthand interviews with key figures, and insider analysis of one of the twentieth century's most tragic and unforgettable events.

À propos de l'auteur

Tom Sancton is, most recently, the author of The Bettencourt Affair, an in-depth look at a French financial/political scandal that nearly brought down a president. Sancton was a longtime Paris bureau chief for Time, where he wrote more than fifty cover stories. He has also written for Fortune, Reader's Digest, Vanity Fair, and other leading magazines. A Rhodes scholar who studied at Harvard and Oxford, he is currently a research professor at Tulane University in New Orleans. In 2014, the French government named Tom Sancton a Chevalier (knight) in the Order of Arts and Letters.

Scott MacLeod was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for Time for twenty-five years, based in Cairo, Paris, and Johannesburg. Among his many exclusive stories were interviews with Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, and Osama bin Laden. He has also written for numerous other publications, including The New York Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, and New Statesman. He is currently the managing editor of The Cairo Review of Global Affairs and a professor in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo.