The Blandys of Madeira

1811-2011

Marcus Binney

2011, 184 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, mit Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 21,5 x 25,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch

Frances Lincoln

ISBN-10: 0711230773
ISBN-13: 9780711230774

Produkt-Beschreibung zu: The Blandys of Madeira

Founded on a remote Portuguese island in the Atlantic in the last years of the Napoleonic War, the Blandy firm has never ceased to trade in the unique wine for which Madeira is so famous. But the portfolio of businesses owned, developed, and run by the family over the years includes many of the central concerns of the period -- from coal and shipping to newspapers and hotels. Not many companies are still owned and run by the same family after 200 years, and now Marcus Binney tells the remarkable story of this survival and growth with verve and insight. It's an outstanding account of how a prominent family adapted their business and their expectations of it to survive and flourish into the 21st century, constructing and conserving some impressive buildings along the way and, especially, developing and maintaining an iconic and renowned product in one of the world's great wines.

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Autoren-Porträt von Marcus Binney:

Marcus Binney CBE is Architecture Correspondent to the Times of London and founder and President of SAVE Britain's Heritage. He is also co-presenter of the 39-part TV series Great Houses of Europe. He has written frequently on country houses from Portugal to Poland. His other title for Frances Lincoln is Croatia (ISBN 9780711229211). He lives in Jersey.

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