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All the money in the world : the outrageous fortune and misfortunes of the heirs of J. Paul Getty John Pearson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: xiii, 352 p. : ill. ; 2017.Description: xiii, 352 p. : genealogical table ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780008281533
  • 0008292043
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 929.2090973 PE AL
Summary: The story of J. Paul Getty and how his enormous wealth, $4 billion divided between nineteen heirs, wreaked havoc with the lives of his family.Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Paul Getty was kidnapped, the news exploded worldwide. But his grandfather, J. Paul Getty, the richest living American, refused to pay th ransom, oblivious to his sufferings. And as the days dragged painfully on, it was Paul's distraught but determined mother Gail who was left to negotiate with his captors... In this full biography of the Getty family, John Pearson traces the creation of their phenomenal wealth and the ways in which it has touched and tainted the lives of various generations. Packed with colorful characters, bitter feuds and unexpected turns, it is a riveting insight into the lives of the super-rich."--Page [4] cover.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 929.2090973 PE AL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available July2018 T0060229

"First published in Great Britain as Painfully Rich by Macmillan in 1995. This new edition published by William Collins in 2017"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

The story of J. Paul Getty and how his enormous wealth, $4 billion divided between nineteen heirs, wreaked havoc with the lives of his family.

"When sixteen-year-old Paul Getty was kidnapped, the news exploded worldwide. But his grandfather, J. Paul Getty, the richest living American, refused to pay th ransom, oblivious to his sufferings. And as the days dragged painfully on, it was Paul's distraught but determined mother Gail who was left to negotiate with his captors... In this full biography of the Getty family, John Pearson traces the creation of their phenomenal wealth and the ways in which it has touched and tainted the lives of various generations. Packed with colorful characters, bitter feuds and unexpected turns, it is a riveting insight into the lives of the super-rich."--Page [4] cover.

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