Description
When the first Arthur Guinness founded a small brewery on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin, he could not have foreseen the dynasty of brewers and bankers that would emerge.
But there was another side to the family: several generations of brilliant clergymen and missionaries. perhaps the greatest of whom was Henry Grattan Guinness, the Billy Graham of his day.
Drawing on diaries and letters, Michele Guinness interweaves the adventures of Henry Grattan and his talented and spirited children with the successes and failures of their brewing and banking counterparts.
A fascinating story. THE SCOTSMAN
A thorough, informative but above all captivating account of a truly outstanding family. SUNDAY TRIBUNE, DUBLIN
"There is adventure and colour here and an admirable vitality; one comes to be fond of them, for they were talented, amusing and brave.' Jonathan Guinness,
LITERARY REVIEW
ISBN:9780340536698
