How do you go about writing a book about one of the most powerful dynasties  on earth?

That's the challenge special guest Russ Baker faced when he first  considered writing about the Bush family; one which encompasses two U.S.  Senators, one Supreme Court Justice, two Governors, two Presidents and  innumerable bankers and businessmen. The book took five years to write and is a  meticulous piece of research (there are over a thousand footnotes).

According to the late Gore Vidal, Family  of Secrets is "one of the most important books of the past ten years". Dan  Rather - who you can hear right here on Radio Litopia's Debriefer show - called  it "a tour de force. " "It's made me rethink", he says, "even those events I  witnessed with my own eyes".