{"product_id":"guinness-a-family-succession-the-true-story-of-the-struggle-to-create-the-worlds-largest-brewery","title":"Guinness: A Family Succession: The True Story of the Struggle to Create the World's Largest Brewery","description":"The head of the Guinness family tells the dramatic true story of how his ancestors created the largest brewery in the world.\n\nGrowing 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.\n\nAgainst the backdrop of epic and convulsive times in Ireland and Britain, he explores the struggles and passions of his ancestors, who went from obscurity in Kildare to the pinnacle of Irish and British society.\n\nEach generation confronted new challenges until the dramatic events when the author’s great-great-grandfather bought out his glamorous older brother and floated Guinness on the stock exchange. Overnight Edward Cecil Guinness became Ireland’s richest man.\n\nThis is a tale in which brewing genius, sibling rivalry, bounteous philanthropy, and astonishing social mobility are interwoven with historic national events, including the Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation, the Famine, the Home Rule movement, the Dublin Lockout, and ultimately Irish independence. It is the inside story, as told by Ned Guinness.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1785516094\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1785516094.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hart, Antonia|Guinness, Arthur Edward\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43589832278077,"sku":"BVV.1785516094.G","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1785516094-0.jpg?v=1788731062","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/guinness-a-family-succession-the-true-story-of-the-struggle-to-create-the-worlds-largest-brewery","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}