A biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the international Formula One tycoon. Now 79, Ecclestone's success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business, but to resist repeated attempts to snatch it from his control. But he's never revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars to becoming the major player he is today. Until now, as he's told all to biographer Bower, and given him access to all his friends and enemies.

Tom Bower is an investigative historian, broadcaster and journalist. A former producer and reporter for BBC Television, he is the author of many books, including biographies of Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Fayed, Gordon Brown, Richard Branson and Conrad Black. Broken Dreams, his investigation into corruption in English football, won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 2003 and his recent bestsellers include No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone and Sweet Revenge: the Intimate Life of Simon Cowell. He lives in London.