Guinness: A Family Succession
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER: The True Story of the Struggle to Create the World's Largest Brewery
$26.19
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
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, who went from obscurity in Kildare to the pinnacle of Irish and British society.
In this bestselling account, he explores the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785516634 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785516639 |
| Author: | Arthur Edward Guinness, Antonia Hart |
| Publisher: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
’…such a great historical deep dive into the Guinness family lore.’
– Spotify‘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 brilliant, entertaining read.’
– Irish Times (The Gloss)‘The definitive history of the Guinness brewing dynasty.’
– The Irish Independent‘A fantastic book.’
– The Business (RTÉ Radio 1)‘Really, really fascinating.’
– Donal Fallon‘A highly readable history of a dynamic clan’.
* Irish Independent *Arthur Edward Guinness
Arthur Edward Guinness is the 4th Earl of Iveagh.
Antonia Hart is a Dublin-based journalist, author, and historian specialising in Irish women’s history. She is the co-author (with Arthur Edward Guinness) of the Irish Times bestseller Guinness: A Family Succession (2025), and author of Ghost Signs of Dublin and The Commercial Lives of Irish Women 1850-1922: Business as Usual.
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