In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic landslide; three months later, his presidency fell apart as the Watergate scandal erupted. Drawing on thousands of hours of newly-released taped recordings, Michael Dobbs re-creates the tense hundred days when the conspiracy unraveled as the burglars and their handlers turned on one another, exposing the crimes of a vengeful and paranoid president.

"Stunning…. The story [Michael] Dobbs tells is, by turns, hilarious, pathetic and infuriating."—Washington Post