King Richard: Nixon and Watergate--An American Tragedy

In November 1972, Richard Nixon won reelection in a historic landslide. By April 1973, his fate was sealed as the Watergate scandal took on a life of its own. King Richard is the fascinating, utterly absorbing account of these crucial five months--when the Watergate burglars and their handlers in the administration began to panic and turn on one another, ultimately revealing their direct connection to the White House.

Michael Dobbs takes us into the very heart of the conspiracy, re-creating these dramatic events as experienced by everyone from the burglars, to White House counsel John Dean, to Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman. Dobbs vividly captures the conspirators' growing paranoia and their desperate attempts to deflect blame as the noose tightened around them and the daily pressures became increasingly unbearable. At the center of this spellbinding drama is Nixon himself, fresh off his massive reelection victory, struggling with his personal insecurities and the shambles in Vietnam as his presidency falls apart around him. This is an epic and deeply human story of ambition, power, and betrayal.