Home Truths by Penny Junor

Home Truths by Penny Junor

The life of John Junor, Fleet Street legend, is explored in movingly honest detail in this work by his daughter, the journalist and broadcaster Penny Junor. John Junor was a brilliant newspaperman. As editor of "The Sunday Express" for 32 years he wielded more power than many of the politicians he wrote about, mixing with prime ministers, princes, captains of industry and film stars. He was witty, charismatic and flirtatious; he was also a difficult, bad-tempered bully with a vicious tongue. Like him or loathe him, no one could ignore him, and his public life flourished. Yet his family life was far from idyllic. His domineering and destructive side led him to damage those he cared for the most, in particular, his wife. Although he never stopped loving her, they lived apart for the last 18 years of his life as she tried to rebuild the confidence that he had shattered. Two years after his death, Penny Junor was compelled to set down her father's biography, partly to celebrate the life of a powerful and influential public figure, and partly to come to terms with her own emotionally charged relationship with him. Drawing on interviews with his contemporaries, friends, adversaries and colleagues, as well as his own family, this is a portrait of both the public and private life of John Junor.

Penny Junor is a frequent commentator on the Royal Family on TV and in the press. She is the author of a number of bestselling royal and political biographies.

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ISBN 13	9780007102136
ISBN 10	0007102135
Title	Home Truths
Author	Penny Junor
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-07-01
Number of pages	304
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