Dobbs’ preoccupation with politicians’ personal turmoil has made his creation so appealing to a general audience. It’s about people, not politics – an angle heightened by Urquhart and then Underwood’s shattering of the fourth wall to give asides to the audience throughout the action. Ottima anche la scrittura, all’inizio abbiamo poi una metafora del potere politico con la falena e le lampade che ritengo splendida. The novel was followed by two sequels: To Play the King and The Final Cut. Both were adapted for television by the BBC and aired in 1993 and 1995 respectively.

All the time his victims will run to Francis for help little knowing that he’s the cause of all their woes. In the US adaptation, the phrase is used by Frank Underwood in the first episode during his initial meeting with Zoe Barnes, the US counterpart of Mattie Storin. Maggie tried to do what was right for the family business, but for the wrong reasons. There were so many people that betrayed her trust and it wasn’t much of a surprise that she felt going it alone was her best option. She was wrong more often than not, but her family and Jonnie were there to catch her. All of thirty-one, I could totally feel what Maggie had to go through with her controlling and manipulative mother. And of course, Alex is a gay, standard formula for romances like this but I do love that there isn't a triangle. Yay to that! Alex's humour is a bit cringy and it doesn't even compensate for his selfish ways.

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Una storia per certi versi simile a quella di Frank Underwood (ambizione, assenza di scrupoli, certi punti in comune nelle vicende dei due) ma per altri parecchio diversa.

Empecé a leer este libro, como seguro muchos otros, por la serie de Netflix. Increíble; increíble también la interpretación de Kevin Spacey, e increíbles también los IWC que con tanta elegancia porta el tío. Y hasta aquí las menciones a la serie. a b c "House of Cards creator Michael Dobbs: "I must have sold my soul" ". New Statesman. 7 July 2015 . Retrieved 21 March 2018. The Urquhart trilogy has been adapted in the United States as House of Cards. The show stars Kevin Spacey as Francis "Frank" Underwood, the Majority Whip of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, who schemes and murders his way to becoming President of the United States. It is produced by David Fincher and Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, with the initial episodes directed by Fincher. Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy. House of Cards is a 1990 British political thriller television serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990. Released to critical and popular acclaim for its writing, direction, and performances, it is considered one of the greatest British television shows ever made.

In 1984, he survived the Brighton bombing at the Conservative Party Conference. He was called "Westminster's baby-faced hit man", by The Guardian in 1987. [4] From 1994 to 1995, he served in the John Major government as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. The Prime Minister thinks his colleague accepts the situation but behind the smiles he plots his revenge. He adds: “What makes them different, more obsessive, more driven, is that there is a worm inside them, a worm of shame or guilt or anger that drives them beyond the normal, which is why they end up being able to do what they do.”