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Acclaim for

A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE

“[Conrad Black’s] candor on just about every conceivable topic is not only surprising but practically unprecedented.”

—Vanity Fair

“When a great writer is falsely imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit and decides to write a tell-all non-defensive account, the result is likely to be riveting. Conrad Black’s memoir does not disappoint.”

—Alan M. Dershowitz

“Conrad Black’s A Matter of Principle is a fascinating, erudite, and defiant prison memoir—must-read for lawyers, politicos, and gossips alike!”

—Margaret Atwood, on Twitter

“Authoritative and highly readable . . .”

—Andrew Roberts, The Daily Beast

“[A] gripping memoir of [Black’s] nightmarish trek through America’s justice system and business governance culture. . . . Black is a writer of great force and panache.”

—The New Criterion

“The former international media baron’s observations from prison are funny, poignant, touching, sympathetic (except for prison authorities) and beautifully chronicled.”

—Ottawa Citizen

“A remarkable work—unlike any of its kind that I’ve ever read. . . . Conrad seems to have total recall of everything, and he lays it out coherently and colourfully. . . . Precise, blunt, succinct. A fascinating book about the trial.”

—The Huffington Post

“[A Matter of Principle] is a brutally honest memoir of [Black’s] turbulent run-in with American injustice.”

—Irish Independent

“A big book by a big man. . . . A hard-eyed and detailed indictment of that legal system, from U.S. attorneys to our federal prisons.”

—The American Spectator

“A Matter of Principle is Conrad Black’s most personal and gripping book.”

—Troy Media

“A riveting memoir and a scathing account of a flawed justice system.”

—IndieBound

“A Matter of Principle is a laudable achievement.”

—Winnipeg Free Press