Netflix plan to release their 8-part TV drama, The House of Guinness, worldwide on September 25th, starring James Norton, Anthony Boyle, Dervla Kirwan and Louis Partridge has just been announced. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, I invite you to have a look two books on the legendary family and their empire. Rizzoli distributes in the US the esteemed UK publisher Batsford/Scala. These two books on Guinness are a must-read ahead of the series drop, complete with a pint in hand!
An exploration of the Guinness family through their houses, published to coincide with the new Netflix series House of Guinness.
Best-selling author Adrian Tinniswood tells the histories of the legendary Guinness family of brewers, philanthropists, and socialites through their mansions and town houses. His tour opens the door to Irish palaces like Farmleigh (where the Edwardian ballroom is said to have a floor made from barrels brought from the brewery) and Luggala in the Wicklow Mountains. British houses featured include Elveden in Suffolk, the 17,000-acre estate bought by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, in 1893 and Robert Adam's Kenwood on Hampstead Heath, which Lord Iveagh saved from destruction and bequeathed to the British nation.
Unraveling the stories of more than a dozen great Guinness houses, Tinniswood reveals what life was like for a dynasty that rose from ordinary beginnings in Georgian Dublin to become one of the most powerful families in the British Isles.
This engaging history is abundantly illustrated with archival photographs and paintings as well as specially commissioned photographs of the key properties.
The inside story of how the Guinness family created the largest brewery in the world.
Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh and head of the Guinness family, explores the immense legacy of his extraordinary family in this narrative nonfiction book, published to coincide with a major Netflix television series titled House of Guinness.
Guinness draws on family letters, archives, and photographs to tell, for the first time, the real story of how four generations of Guinnesses, starting from humble origins in Ireland, created the world's largest brewery and perhaps the most iconic beer ever.
The earl explores the contrasting personalities of his forebears and the story of the Guinness family succession in the Victorian era, and explains how they made a difference in Ireland, Britain, and far beyond. This is the inside story of one of the great families of Ireland and Britain in its formative eras--a generational saga encompassing family drama, business innovation, public works, and charitable endeavors.
