Name: House of Cards
ISBN: 9780006176909

Michael Dobbs

The acclaimed political thriller that first introduced the unforgettable Francis Urquhart MP and launched Michael Dobbs' No 1 bestselling career - now reissued in a new cover.Michael Dobbs' entertaining tale of skulduggery and intrigue within the Palace of Westminster has been a huge hit with the public. Its scheming hero, Chief Whip Francis Urquhart, who uses fair means and foul to become Prime Minister, is one of the best-known characters of the last decade - the politician we all love to hate.Acclaimed for its authenticity and insights into a secret world - the result of many years working behind the scenes for the Conservative Party - it became a highly popular, award-winning BBC TV series, with Francis Urquhart memorably portrayed by Ian Richardson, and was followed by two further sequels, 'To Play the King' and 'The Final Cut', which also became top-rating TV series.

House of Cards

Political mover and shaker Frank Urquhart, willing to do whatever he must to become prime minister, butts heads with Mattie Storin, a tenacious young reporter who has a knack for uncovering the real stories behind the headlines.

Sarah Sammis

In the original version (as I've read descriptions), Urquhart jumps to his death. The British mini series cast Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart. He has such stage presence that he turned a rather weak but devious character into a cool, cunning, and deeply evil character. Richard's Urquhart doesn't come across as someone who would die by suicide. That said, he could have lost in some other fashion that would allow Maddie Storin, the reporter, to live.

Instead, her life is swapped for his. In that final confrontation, rather than Maddie presumably talking him to the point of realizing and regretting all the evil he's done in the name of political power, she starts her confrontation and promptly loses. While Ian Richardson pulled off an impressive presence in his characters, he was still only 5'9" and playing a man in his mid sixties.

The life sized rag doll he picks up in place of Susannah Harker (the actress playing Maddie) and tosses over the wall of the garden completely breaks the tension of the moment. It looks fake. It looks ridiculous. To then read Dobb's revision that essentially describes what he watched on the mini series makes for an equally ridiculous ending in print.

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Superb. Thrillingly evil. Samuel West is the world’s perfect narrator for this. 

Sarah Christine Gill

Rebeca Keren Nuñez

Cómo ya vi la serie de Netflix y sabiendo, que la adaptación no es literal, estaba muy emocionada por ver quien es quien y las cosas que cambian del libro a la serie. Tengo que decir que esta muy bien adaptado y bien casteado. Es muy entretenido y si te van los personajes inescrupulosos, lo vas a amar. Ya quiero comenzar con la secuela! Una vez que lo empece a leer en serio no pude parar.

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