The Houses of Guinness
The Lives, Homes and Fortunes of the Great Brewing Dynasty
$45.50
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2025
Summary
An elegant social and architectural history of the Guinness family.
In winter 2025⁄26, the new Netflix epic ‘House of Guinness’, a saga of Europe’s most enduring dynasties, will sweep into households around the world.
In The Houses of Guinness, bestselling author Adrian Tinniswood explores the histories of the legendary Guinness family - brewers, philanthropists, socialites - through their mansions and town houses. His tour opens the door to Irish pal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785516078 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785516078 |
| Author: | Adrian Tinniswood |
| Publisher: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.16kg |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 258mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
‘…no better tribute could be given than that by the current Lord Iveagh, who writes in the foreword that
this is “an entertaining masterpiece” in which the “essential character of the Guinness family spirit prevails”.’
– Country Living‘Tinniswood has created a tome of architectural brilliance, uncomfortable historical truths, and a complicated legacy of power and philanthropy.’
– The Irish Times’…an Irish version of Succession or, more precisely, Netflix’s current historical drama, House of Guinness. It is a compelling story of the family that became the biggest exporter of stout in the world’
– Country Life‘a brilliant, entertaining read for a dark October evening.’
– The GlossAbout The Author
Adrian Tinniswood
Adrian Tinniswood, OBE FSA, is a chronicler of the country houses of the UK and Ireland, having published nineteen books on social and architectural history. His acclaimed titles include The Verneys: a True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England, which was shortlisted for the BBC/Samuel Johnson Prize, and The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Adrian Tinniswood is currently Professor of British Cultural History at the University of Buckingham. He lives in the west of Ireland with his wife Helen and two cats, Jack and Matilda.
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