Arthur's Round
Author | : Patrick Guinness |
Publisher | : Peter Owen Publishers |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000110567819 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Patrick Guinness has reconstructed the life of one of Ireland's most celebrated yet enigmatic figures, bringing his ancestor, the brewery and the dynasty he founded - and the tumultuous times in which he lived - to life. Arthur is revealed as far more than just a businessman with a nose for a good brew, as he mingled comfortably in a society peopled with such illustrious characters as Wolfe Tone, Richard Sheridan and Samuel Johnson, but was no less at ease with the likes of the Turkish 'doctor' Achmet Borummadel, who turned out to be a Kilkenny conman named Patrick Joyce, or George Fitzgerald, the wastrel duellist who manacled his father to a bear."--BOOK JACKET.