Thomas sanction scott macleod (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 224 pages. cover worn In many ways the crash of a black Mercedes S-280 into the 13th pillar of Pari s's Alma Tunnel on the early morning of 31 August 1997 resembles a thousand othe r fatal road accidents. This particular tragedy was, however, exceptional. In ca using the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, the p layboy son of Mohammed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and one of the world's richest men, it sent shock waves around the globe that month's afterwards show no sign of abating.Behind the immediate possible causes - speed, alcohol, a chase by paparazzi and even a collision with a second vehicle - lies an array of seem ingly random variables, all of which led inexorably to the fatal conclusion. Thomas Sancton and Scott MacLeod, two highly experienced reporters of Time ma gazine based in Paris, look back into the question of Diana's relationship with Dodi to discuss what it was in the personality of this jet-setting playboy and m ovie industry fringe player that attracted and reassured Diana after her unhappy marriage to the Prince of Wales and several unsatisfying affairs.They as k whey Dodi's conquest of Diana was so important to his father. Were Diana and D odi planning to marry? Was Diana pregnant? Is there any grain of truth behind th e conspiracy theories - particularly rampant in the Middle East - that Diana and Dodi were victims of a British Intelligence plot?The questions are myria d. Sancton and MacLeod have investigated the crash as closely as the French poli ce. They now have man of the answers. 'Death of a Princess' is their highly reve aling report.…