Built on a Lie

He was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation - but it was all built on a lie.

Neil Woodford spent years beating the market; betting against the dot com bubble and the banks before the financial crash in 2008, making blockbuster returns for investors and earning himself a reputation of ''the man who made Middle England rich''.

But, in 2019, Woodford''s asset management company collapsed, trapping hundreds of thousands of rainy-day savers in his flagship fund and hanging £3.6 billion in the balance.

In Built on a Lie, Financial Times reporter Owen Walker reveals the disastrous failings of Woodford, the greed at the heart of his operation and the full, jaw-dropping story of Europe''s biggest investment scandal in a decade.

''Vital financial journalism with heart'' Emma Barnett, broadcaster

''This is a must read!'' Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats

''Reads like a rip roaring tale of a corporate high wire act'' John McDonnell, former Shadow Chancellor

''Should be sold with a bottle of blood-pressure pills'' Edward Lucas, The Time