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The Fall of the House of Zeus By Curtis Wilkie Audiobook
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Audiobook
- ISBN
- 9781400169955
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- CD Mp3
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Fall of the House of Zeus : the Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Incorporated
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, General, Lawyers & Judges
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The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate majority leader, Scruggs made a fortune taking on mass tort lawsuits against "Big Tobacco" and the asbestos industries. He was hailed by Newsweek as a latter-day Robin Hood and portrayed in the movie The Insider as a dapper aviator-lawyer. Scruggs's legal triumphs rewarded him lavishly, and his success emboldened both his career maneuvering and his influence in Southern politics-but at a terrible cost, culminating in his spectacular fall, when he was convicted for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi state judge. Here Mississippi is emblematic of the modern South, with its influx of new money and its rising professional class, including lawyers such as Scruggs, whose interests became inextricably entwined with state and national politics.Based on extensive interviews, transcripts, and FBI recordings never made public, The Fall of the House of Zeus exposes the dark side of Southern and Washington legal games and power politics: the swirl of fixed cases, blocked investigations, judicial tampering, and a zealous prosecution that would eventually ensnare not only Scruggs but his son, Zach, in the midst of their struggle with insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages. In gripping detail, author Curtis Wilkie crafts an authentic legal thriller propelled by a "welter of betrayals and personal hatreds," providing large supporting parts for Trent Lott and Jim Biden, brother of then-senator Joe, and cameos by John McCain, Al Gore, and other D.C. insiders and influence peddlers. Above all, we get to see how and why the mighty fail and fall, a story as gripping and timeless as a Greek tragedy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tantor Media, Incorporated
ISBN-10
140016995x
ISBN-13
9781400169955
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038480108
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fall of the House of Zeus : the Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer
Topic
Rich & Famous, General, Lawyers & Judges
Publication Year
2010
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
CD Mp3
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6in.
Item Length
7.4in.
Item Width
5.3in.
Item Weight
3.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
2 Vols.
Dewey Decimal
340.092 B
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Narrated by
Runnette, SEAN
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