Two reporters were assigned to cover whatseemed a routine burglary in the opulent Water-gate building in downtown Washington. It wasthe first step in what must be the most devastatingpolitical detective story of the century. Here istheir amazing story, from the first suspicions,through the tortuous trail of false leads, lies,secrecy and high-level pressure, to the finalmoments when they were able to put the piecesof the puzzle together and write the exposé thatwon them a Pulitzer Prize.
This is the definitive history, written by the twodetermined journalists responsible, of how ascandal was uncovered which still reverberatesthroughout the world.