House of Cards

By Michael Dobbs

The Number 1 Bestseller that inspired the hit Netflix series starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.

Politics, intrigue and passion in the corridors of power.

Chief Whip Francis Urquhart has his hand on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become prime minister.

Mattie Storin is a tenacious young political correspondent. She faces the biggest challenge of her life when she stumbles upon a scandalous web of intrigue and financial corruption at the very highest levels. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she must risk everything to do so…

'This blood-and-thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity . . . a great triumph' Independent

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Release date: Feb 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781471128523

Michael Dobbs

Bestselling author Michael Dobbs was at Mrs Thatcher’s side as she took her first step into Downing Street as Prime Minister and was a key aide to John Major when he was voted out. In between times he was bombed in Brighton, banished from Chequers and blamed for failing to secoure a Blair-Major television debate. He is now one of the country’s leading political commentators.

Reviews for House of Cards

[miro_4 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Robyn Dawes excellent book "House of Cards". He's a clinical psychologist, head of the department of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University and was motivated to write the book by the completely unjustifiable presence of psychologists as "expert" witnesses in criminal trials. Amazingly, the only statements that seem to be left with statistical validity are 1) The best predictors of future behaviour are past behaviour and performance on carefully standardized tests..... 2) There is good evidence that changing our behaviour will change our internal state and feelings. (Just do it! )