Os Herdeiros

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OS HERDEIROS [a.k.a] The Inheritors (1969) '-' Homens como Spencer Sinclair herdaram a televisão - isto é, o império sempre crescente da comunicação por imagens - e o que farão com ela, sendo ambiciosos, traiçoeiros e egoístas? Talvez o melhor possível. Tradução de Nelson Rodrigues.==== Based on the lives of real-life network executives and movie moguls in the entertainment industry during a pivotal power shift in the business, this revealing novel pulls back the curtain on the forces of wealth, power, and ego that shaped the glamorous world of the silver screen and the emerging powerful world of television.Steve Gaunt, the rebellious visionary, is the head of a successful television empire, making him a hit in the ratings and with gorgeous women. Sam Benjamin, one of the last of the old motion picture tycoons, desperately wants to hold on to the power that has long been associated with the more "glamorous" part of the business―the movies. When the two combine forces, they have the potential to remake the entertainment industry―or be each other's undoing. ======== [About the Author]:Harold Robbins (1916–1997) is one of the bestselling American fiction writers of all time, ranking 5th on the World’s Bestselling Fiction Author List just behind William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. He wrote over 25 bestselling novels, sold more than 750 million copies in 42 languages and spent over 300 weeks combined on The New York Times bestsellers list. His books were adapted into 13 commercially successful films and also television series that garnered numerous Oscar®, Golden Globe®, and Primetime Emmy® nominations starring Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, Laurence Olivier, Bette Davis, Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, and more. The self-proclaimed “world’s best writer in plain English,” Robbins wrote novels that resonated with audiences due to their graphic depictions of sex, violence, power, and drugs, and the multilayered complexities of his characters, as evidenced by his bestselling novels Never Love a Stranger, The Carpetbaggers, Where Love Has Gone, and The Adventurers. He once said in an interview: “People make their own choices every day about what they are willing to do. We don’t have the right to judge them or label them. At least walk in their shoes before you do.” Robbins’ personal life was as fascinating to the public as his novels. An enthusiastic participant in the social and sexual revolution of the 1960s, Robbins cultivated a “playboy” image and maintained friendships with stars including Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dino De Laurentiis, Robert Evans, Ringo Starr, Barbara Eden, Lena Horne, and Quincy Jones, and was one of the first novelists to be prominently featured in gossip magazines, earning him the title of “The World’s First Rock Star Author.”Artes / Aventura / Crime / Drama / Literatura Estrangeira / Romance / Sociologia / Suspense e Mistério