This is an account of the life and career of the entrepreneur, Tiny Rowland, the head of Lonrho and the owner of The Observer. It is a story of empire-building, unresolved mystery, commercial skulduggery, financial acumen, and confrontations with a succession of governments in Europe, America and Africa. The book reflects not only the fortunes of an individualist, but the ambitions, machinations and limitations of an array of power-brokers in the City, Whitehall, Wall Street and elsewhere in the world. The author's previous books include Maxwell: the Outsider.