Guinness: A Family Succession
The True Story of the Struggle to Create the World's Largest Brewery
$43.53
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2026
Summary
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW IN PAPERBACK.
‘A brilliant, entertaining read.’ - Irish Times
The head of the Guinness family tells the dramatic true story of how his ancestors created the largest brewery in the world.
Growing up at Farmleigh, the country house outside Dublin, Arthur Edward Guinness – Ned for short – was fascinated by the secrets and legends that surrounded the early generations of his famous family of brewers.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785516634 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785516639 |
| Author: | Arthur Edward Guinness, Antonia Hart |
| Publisher: | Scala Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scala Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
‘This book is far more than an account of the commercial success of Guinness; it’s also a love letter to the city which produced it.’
– The Irish Independent‘A fantastic book.’
– RTE The Business‘The definitive history of the Guinness brewing dynasty’
– The Irish Independent“it’s a brilliant, entertaining read for a dark October evening.”
– The Gloss‘An excellent new book.’
– Molly Guinness, The TimesAbout The Author
Arthur Edward Guinness
Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, was born in Dublin, raised in Farmleigh and educated in Ireland and England. Ned is a farmer at Elveden, Suffolk and Co. Meath, Ireland. He is active in the promotion of Guinness beer, the interests of social housing and community amenities in central Dublin.
Antonia Hart is an Irish historian and writer. She is the author of Ghost Signs of Dublin and The Commercial Lives of Irish Women 1850–1922: Business as Usual.
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