Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-05-08

Books mentioned on Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

2 books · With Adam Conover · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and also spied for Israel and the UK. See omnystudio.

Robert Evans recommended Foreign Body by Russell Davies, and discussed Fall by Rebecca Pettiford.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Fall

   Rebecca Pettiford · at 53:57

   Discussed

   “One colleague cited in the book Fall later quoted him as having admitted, Well, of course I'm conservative, but I'm not a member of the establishment, so I've got to become labor.”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science 2025-05-08 Listen at 53:57

   Where to get it

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2. 

   Foreign Body

   Russell Davies · at 1:13:30

   Foreign Body by Russell Davies is a biographical and investigative book that examines the complex life of Robert Maxwell.

   Recommended

   “And there is a much more accurate look at his spying and and his involvement in intelligence agencies in the book foreign body the secret life of Robert Maxwell by Russell Davies. And Davies outlines the directions of the the dimensions of these shady dealings”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science 2025-05-08 Listen at 1:13:30

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible