Learn about Author Central. The Second World War is coming to an end and the three most powerful men on earth meet to thrash out the details of peace. Yet it’s as an author that he has gained most plaudits. Friday 10 May, 1940. Looking for books by Michael Dobbs? ‘It took me many years and an entire presidential scandal to discover why.’, He is a highly skilled raconteur and is much in demand for corporate and literary events. Harry Jones is already having the worst day of his life when he gets swept up in this madness. Deborah Lipstadt, author, Anti-Semitism Here and Now: "Michael Dobbs has written a compelling history of the Jewish community of one town. I loved that. I was with Margaret Thatcher when she took her first steps into Downing Street, and there again with John Major when he was kicked out. Michael regularly gives talks around the world, entertaining and informing … The most magnificent royal occasion of the year. [14], For the British-American journalist and non-fiction author, see, British conservative politician and best-selling author, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the US non-fiction author with the same name, "Is he fibbing? 6TH AND FINAL SEASON AVAILABLE NOW ON NETFLIX. Snow White, the Seven Dwarves, and the Adorable Bed and Breakfast. Author: Michael Ann Dobbs, Bree Paulsen (Illustrator) Paperback Mar 2017. Read 576 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. On 18 December 2010, Dobbs was made a life peer, as Baron Dobbs, of Wylye, in the County of Wiltshire,[4] and was introduced in the House of Lords on 20 December. Somewhere in a Central Asian republic, in an underground prison cell, an innocent man is facing imminent death. Anthony Howard of The Times said "Dobbs is following in a respectable tradition. Meanwhile, as the smoke continues to rise above Europe, a Polish soldier tries to find his daughter in ruins of Warsaw. The original was about a wily, murderous politician worming his way to becoming Prime Minister. The two are sometimes confused. Michael Dobbs’ first novel, House of Cards, launched the career of the villainous Francis Urquhart, one of the most memorable fictional characters of recent years, who was immortalized by Ian Richardson in three award-winning BBC TV series. At the beginning of WWII, Neville Chamberlain believes he has bought "peace for our time" from Adolph Hitler, who has just seized Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. Driven by the intuition and determination of a wronged woman, she takes ruthless advantage of the ineptitude of men. YALTA, 4 February 1945: The moment in which our modern world is shaped. Lord Dobbs, the creator of House of Cards, says he wishes he had asked for shares in … Professor Dobbs. [7], Dobbs supported a 'Leave' vote in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. The infant god-king of Tibet. [12], Dobbs has raised money for his neighbour, who is paralysed as a result of a rugby injury. He also wrote a series of novels about Winston Churchill that had the critics falling over themselves in praise. When Ruari disappears, his father is left powerless while his mother turns to Harry Jones, the lover she walked out on many years ago. Not all of them will survive. In between times, he helped win elections, was bombed in Brighton, and was banned from Chequers after a row with Maggie. List Price: $9.99. Nirj Deva MEP, Vice President Development Committee, European Parliament. Transport breakdowns. After creating the iconic figure of Francis Urquhart he has gone on to write books about Prime Ministers, Kings and the Dalai Lama. Lord Michael Dobbs, former advisor to Margaret Thatcher and author of "House of Cards" will join Steve to discuss working day to day with the Iron Lady. It set me on a voyage of discovery that continues to this day. He writes the House of Cards series, which was made into the Netflix series of the same name. She and Harry are doomed to fight their battle to the death. Michael Presenting from the Cabinet War Rooms. It is a novel as witty as it is moving, as compelling an entertainment as it is an intimate insight into the darker corners of the human soul. He’s recognised throughout the world. Specialist on China, global politics and political leadership with a doctorate in nuclear defence studies. Dobbs has been a judge of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and lectures at dozens of literary and fundraising events each year. He is the one man capable of standing in Hitler's way – yet Churchill is still deeply mistrusted within his own Cabinet and haunted by the memory of his tortured father. So when she overhears gossip of her husband's affair, it is a shattering blow. 'HOUSE OF CARDS' WINNER OF 22 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. Every lead Harry pursues finds its way back to the secret corners of Brussels and a British woman named Patricia Vaine. Winston Churchill met Guy Burgess at a moment when the world was about to explode. Author: Michael Dobbs-Higginson. Harry Jones – former soldier, maverick, politician – owes this man a debt of honour. They are supposedly allies, but over eight days these men will lie, cheat and deceive each other as they struggle to establish an agreement and secure their places in history. Hardcover Aug 2017. From Michael Dobbs, author of the book that inspired the smash hit Netflix series House of Cards, comes Winston's War, a thrilling novel about the dawn of WWII and Winston Churchill's rise to power. A test for what is to come. Michael Dobbs is also Lord Dobbs of Wylye, a member of the British House of Lords. But this Prime Minister does not believe in apologizing for anything. Ginny will not be satisfied until she is the wife of the Prime Minister. He also has many years of experience in the United States, with a doctorate from Harvard and Tufts universities. Based around the life and inexhaustible lusts of machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart, the novel was adapted into the hugely acclaimed BBC television series and spawned FU’s famous quote that has been used by countless politicians “…you might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment”. Michael Dobbs - Baron Dobbs of Wylye - is an active member of the House of Lords and an internationally bestselling author who has never been far from controversy. [8] In March 2019, he expressed himself critically about the administration of Theresa May, stating that '[w]e have a flat-pack Cabinet that threatens to collapse every time you switch the telly on. 'HOUSE OF CARDS' WINNER OF 22 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. In the quieter moments wrote a book called House of Cards. The sort of pain that makes a man do anything, say anything, to make it stop.'. Harry Jones believes the answer lies in an old Scottish tower, but already it's collapsing in flames around him. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School, Cheshunt Grammar School, and Christ Church, Oxford. [citation needed]. Boris Johnson M.P. Former Mayor of London. Dobbs is the author of the "Cold War trilogy", a series of books about the climactic moments of the Cold War. The Conservative politician and author Michael Dobbs, 64, conducts a double life … Book 1 … He is a man torn between ambition, honour and love – with the fate of London slipping swiftly through his fingers. Planning an audacious rescue mission, Harry is unaware of the depths of corruption and conspiracy his clandestine intervention will uncover, nor of the danger he will unleash, both for himself and for others. House of Cards book. An MP whose career has already been consigned to the scrapheap of history, with a private life that staggers between confusion and chaos… And it's all about to get worse. Website of Michael Dobbs – Author and British politician. She decides that there is only one way to stop being a perpetual victim of the system, and that is to become its master. House of Cards is one of PBS’s all-time most requested TV series and his Churchill novels have been best-sellers there. Includes. And I've been fortunate enough to have had a ringside seat. Yet in saving his country, he risked watching his own family be destroyed by the tempestuous affair that erupted between his daughter-in-law Pamela and America's most powerful envoy, Averell Harriman. They will find themselves in the darkest of places, only to discover their pursuers have got there first…, He managed to laugh a little. My perfect weekend: Michael Dobbs, politician and author. His fourth novel, Winston's War (2004), was shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book of the Year Award, and his Harry Jones novels, A Sentimental Traitor and A Ghost at the Door, for the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014, respectively. From 1979 to 1981, he was a Conservative speechwriter. It is a dangerous game for a man with his own dark secrets. 'Crazy man,' he muttered, as they dragged him on…. Enjoy. – U.S. Published in the U.S. by Sourcebooks. I decided I would find out. To have any chance of survival they must draw on reserves of strength and ruthlessness they never knew they had. I’m told that the novels aren’t bad, either, they’re published worldwide in 30 different languages. Colonel Peter Amadeus is an old soldier with a grievance. That was, until 7th December, 1941. At every turn Harry discovers that the childhood world he thought he knew, was false, along with almost everyone in it. When Harry Jones starts searching for answers, he stumbles into the middle of a plot that stretches from Russia to the Islamic revolution in Egypt, from the shores of the Caspian Sea to an ancient church in rural Wiltshire. House of Cards Author Michael Dobbs Interview. Churchill's Hour is a story about great passions and great decisions, and still greater deceptions. MICHAEL DOBBS was born and educated in Britain, but is now a U.S. citizen. One of the guards shook his head in pity. We are far too poor to pay for it so we steal it from the Russians. A global conspiracy begins in the Swiss Alps, when a teenage girl is thrown from a helicopter and her boyfriend, Ruari, is brutally abducted. The BBC’s television adaptation has been one of the best-selling television series ever made by the BBC. Winston has become part of my life, just as he was for my mother. Then comes his ultimatum: the Prime Minister must resign – or London will be destroyed. Compare Prices. Click here to hear Michael discussing 'Churchill's Triumph' with Alex Dickson. He is a man who has already been betrayed by Hitler and Stalin, and now his fate lies in the ageing hands of Winston Churchill. Going back to where I started. ‘You have House of Cards in this country, too?’, Then I got a message from the small central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan. But I’ve had good fortune and a lot of fun. But perhaps the most fun I’ve had in recent months was when I went back to my old US grad school, the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, as a visiting teacher. About Michael Dobbs. He has two sons from his first marriage and two stepsons with his second wife, Rachel. ‘For some reason she never introduced us,’ he says. For some women such things seem part of the Westminster game, but Ginny is no ordinary woman. It is Britain's day of torment, with every moment unfolding on live television. Yes, there is a softer side to him, yet his past follows him. Winston's War book. It ain’t your daddy’s West Wing! As a novelist I want to know the man, the flesh and blood fellow, not the statue set up high on a plinth. Michael Dobbs has written a riveting historical novel that brings the passions of the period dramatically alive. There are three novels in the 'House of Cards' series and two television productions. And around the child explodes an international conspiracy that will carve a trail of death from the slopes of Mount Everest right to the heart of London's Chinatown. He also worked on the Boston Globe throughout the Watergate scandal. Dobbs, now a part-time writer,[when?] What brought him to rage? Click here for a short video of what he does. The State Opening of Parliament. He’s never had a proper job – and now he’s a member of the House of Lords as Lord Dobbs of Wylye, perhaps he never will…. Then terrorists strike, holding every one of them hostage. Michael Dobbs’ first novel, House of Cards, launched the career of the villainous Francis Urquhart, one of the most memorable fictional characters of recent years, who was immortalized by Ian Richardson in three award-winning BBC TV series.His books have foretold the downfall of Prime Ministers and the growing turmoil within the Royal Family. A plane that falls out of the sky. Browse Michael Dobbs’s best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. The real cyber war hasn't started yet. The world holds its breath as it waits to see who will be the next to die. Everyone on board is killed, including thirty-seven exceptional children. In 1984, he survived the Brighton bombing at the Conservative Party Conference. List Price: $24.95. Harry's search leads from a burning house in Bermuda to a graveyard in Greece, from the croquet lawns of his father's Oxford college to the altar of one of Wren's finest London churches. He completed this on 27 March 2015. He has taught at leading American universities, including Princeton, the… More about Michael Dobbs Pearl Harbour. Otherwise known as Lord Dobbs of Wylye in the county of Wiltshire. Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy. A day that changed the world. As former Prime Minister John Major once said, it had done for his job “what Dracula has done for baby sitting”. [6] Lord Dobbs is also an Executive Board Member of the Conservative Friends of the Chinese. Discover more authors you’ll love listening to on Audible. Whatever the outcome, it provides endless material for drama. He has undertaken many speaking tours, his most recent being described as ‘a coast-to-coast triumph’. My first real recollection of Winston Churchill was watching his funeral with my mother on an ancient black and white television. She was in tears, and I had no idea why the death of a man she had never met should affect her so deeply. Two men meet. Some pain was like that, so intense, so personal, that it tore away all subtlety from the world and left nothing but obliterating darkness and flashes of blinding, impenetrable light… The pain they had inflicted had been, literally, unimaginable. From 1981 to 1986, he served as a Government Special Advisor. Winston's War is a masterly blending of imagination and compelling fact that places the reader at the right hand of the most momentous events in our history. His Down with Big Brother: The Fall of The Soviet Empire was a runner-up for the 1997 PEN award for nonfiction. And if you look closely at Episode 5, you might even find someone who looks a lot like me playing a cameo. Michael Dobbs (born 1950) is an Anglo American non fiction author. Shakespeare, Walter Scott, even Tolstoy, all used historical events as the framework for their writings. 'HOUSE OF CARDS' WINNER OF 22 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. FU2, as I have been known to call her character. And I’m told he has a reputation for understanding political  skullduggery. They won't all survive the day. He also has a talent for getting into trouble. We’re bringing House of Cards to an end after six glorious seasons, with the wonderful Robin Wright  providing the very final twist as President Claire Underwood. In 1990 House of Cards was turned into a television mini-series which received 14 BAFTA nominations and two BAFTA wins and was voted the 84th Best British Show in History. Now he’s created the most dangerous character of his career, Harry Jones. Człowieka motywuje nie szacunek, lecz strach. Michael Dobbs' writing career began in 1989 with the publication of House of Cards, the first in what would become a trilogy of political thrillers with Francis Urquhart as the central character; House of Cards was followed by To Play the King in 1992 and The Final Cut in 1994. I've written novels about him, a play, made a radio documentary for the BBC and a TV documentary for SKY. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Looking for books by Michael Dobbs? Ginny is the young wife of an Opposition MP, Dominic Edge, and is entirely content with her life in the constituency home. I’ve also got five Emmy nominations and a host of awards for my novels – well, I’ve written 20 of them. See all books authored by Michael Dobbs, including House of Cards, and To Play the King, and more on ThriftBooks.com. Tom Goodfellowe M.P. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were to become great allies, but they started far apart. He has also helped raise tens of thousands of pounds for charities in recent years. A guy called Boris Johnson seems to like them, as you can see by clicking here. Readers please click here. Not so long ago I met with President Xi of China. He’s spent too much of his life hanging around all the wrong places at interesting times. A few years before that I'd walked into Downing Street with Margaret Thatcher – and I was soon to be booted out with John Major. And the opposition of some of the most powerful people in the Establishment - particularly the country's most prominent press baron, who has sworn to destroy Goodfellowe before the parliamentarian's investigations destroy him. His novels are also published in the United States. Thomas Goodfellowe MP. Considered a masterful political operator,[citation needed] he was called "Westminster's baby-faced hit man", by The Guardian in 1987. Click the covers below to purchase from the store. And in this deadly game, the victors will claim total victory – unless Harry Jones can stop them…. Saturday 1 October, 1938. I decided to mark the occasion by giving him a hardback copy of the original book, now thirty years old. Lifetime Achievement Award for Political Literature 2014; P T Barnum Award for Excellence in Entertainment 2014; Tufts University Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award 2014, Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecturer 2015, International Churchill Society’s Blenheim Prize 2017. Only when he confronts his own death does he realize that all along he's been used as a pawn in a far larger game. There is the cantankerous Winston Churchill, the idealistic but ailing Franklin Roosevelt, and the butcher Joseph Stalin, snake-like in his cunning. The battle begins on Friday, May 10, 1940, when Hitler launches a devastating attack that within days will overrun France, Holland and Belgium and … What more could you want as the building blocks of great drama? Click here to listen to 'Classroom's to Power' – Churchill, Michael's Radio 4 series examining the schooldays of leading prime ministers. How appropriate. He attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and graduated in 1977 with an MA, MALD, and a PhD in nuclear defence studies. Throughout time the men and women at the centre of power have been a constant source of surprise, displaying not only courage and foresight, but often extraordinary vulnerability and blindness, too. Fact had overtaken Fiction. [5] He sits as a Conservative Peer. His books have foretold the downfall of Prime Ministers and the growing turmoil within the Royal Family. I’ve never had a proper job. After graduating from Oxford in 1971 with a third-class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Dobbs moved to the United States. They’re not so easy to find, but I signed and dedicated it. Only one man stands between the capital and disaster – Tom Goodfellowe, a backbench MP who can't even sort out his own life, let alone save the lives of others. Il obtient son diplôme de cette dernière institution en 1971. Those years have been filled with controversy for Harry, politician and former soldier. From 1998 to 2001, he hosted the current affairs programme Despatch Box on BBC Two. Four years later in 1979, on a historic election night, Michael was the first person to be able to tell she had become Prime Minister. The Book Show – Sky – Michael visits Chartwell and talks about Churchill's writings. [3] In 2007, Dobbs gave the Alumni Salutation at Fletcher. Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in Netflix 'House of Cards' 2013. In his restless search for a proper job, he’s also been Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, a TV presenter and newspaper columnist, and widely acclaimed speaker. Tom Goodfellowe is not like other MPs. Michael Dobbs was born on November 14, 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. There is little left apart from his love for the headstrong Jemma, and now he must risk losing her and even his own life to uncover the truth about his dead father. Yet it is as an author that he has gained most plaudits. Harry has already lost almost everything – his seat in parliament, his reputation, his fortune. [2] His doctoral thesis was published as China and SALT: Dragon Hunting in a Multinuclear World. Why House of Cards writer Michael Dobbs isn't in the money. See full bio » Well, they might say that. Click here to listen to Michael discussing 'Never Surrender' with Iain Dale. A new Dalai Lama is born. Études. A day of infamy. He was an executive producer of the American series.[11]. His recent novels, featuring Tom … ‘Dear Michael, we love your House of Cards. Go to the disambiguation page to edit author name combination and separation. Ruari's father is a newspaper owner in possession of knowledge that can make or break leaders around the globe. 76 likes. One newspaper described Dobbs as “Westminster’s baby-faced hit man.” Another said he was “a man who, in Latin America, would have been shot.” A third wrote that “he was clearly put on this earth to write thrillers of the most shameless page-turning quality.”. A busy life. Michael Dobbs Agent: Paul Moreton. He barely knew his father Johnnie and hated what little he did know, yet no man is able to escape the shadows of the past. Now Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's relationship with the Soviet spy and the twenty months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that were to propel Churchill from outcast to messiah. It inspired me to begin work on a plot – entirely fictional, of course – to get rid of a Prime Minister. Because someone, someone very close, is betraying him at every turn. Now I work for David Cameron. 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