Cover art for Guinness A Family Succession 1725-1886
Published
Scala Books, September 2025
ISBN
9781785516092
Format
Hardcover, 192 pages
Dimensions
21.6cm × 13.8cm

Guinness A Family Succession 1725-1886

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The real story of how the Guinness family created the largest brewery in the world.

Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh and head of the Guinness family, is only too aware of the immense legacy of his extraordinary family. In this narrative non-fiction book, he draws on family letters, archives and photographs to tell, for the first time, the real story of how four generations of Guinnesses, starting from humble origins in Ireland, created the world's largest brewery and perhaps the most iconic beer ever.

He explores the contrasting personalities of his forebears and the story of the Guinness family succession in the Victorian era, and explains how they made a difference in Ireland, Britain and far beyond. This is the inside story of one of the great families of Ireland and Britain in its formative eras - a generational saga encompassing family drama, business innovation, public works and charitable endeavours.

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