WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 1972: five men are arrested for a burglary at the Democratic National Committee Offices in the Watergate complex and so begins the most amazing chapter in twentieth century American politics. The ultimate outcome of which was the only resignation from office of a US president, Richard Nixon. In 1974, the two young Washington Post reporters who had broken the Watergate scandal and brought down a president released their gripping account of the events and the legend of 'Deep Throat' was born. Speculation about the shadowy character, who had led Woodward and Bernstein to the main protagonists behind the scandal, has been rampant ever since, but now one of the last great secrets has been revealed and in THE SECRET MAN Bob Woodward puts the final pieces of the puzzle together. In this explosive book Woodward describes how he and Mark Felt, who was number 2 at the FBI, first met, how Deep Throat guided Woodward and Bernstein through Watergate, and his ongoing relationship with Felt. THE SECRET MAN is the gripping final chapter to one of the most exciting periods in journalistic and political history.