Roderick Heather

The Marsala Connection

Three English families, two islands and undreamt-of wealth

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Produktbeschreibung

When an unexpected storm forced the Liverpool merchant, John Woodhouse, into the Sicilian port of Marsala in 1770, he had no idea that this chance event would end up making him a fortune. He fortuitously discovered that the local wine when fortified with brandy, would make an excellent competitor to madeira, then one of the world's most popular wines. Together with his son, Woodhouse established a business in Marsala and began exporting his wine to Britain and soon, much of the world. As a result, both men became extremely wealthy. Their success was inevitably emulated by others, in particular, the Ingham and Whitaker families from Yorkshire, who arrived in Sicily some thirty years later and set up their own company to rival and eventually overtake the Woodhouses. They also made vast fortunes out of marsala wine, becoming rich beyond their wildest dreams. The families owned vast, palatial homes in both Sicily and Britain where they enjoyed the life of landed gentry. This is the story of those three families, the lives they led, their trials and tribulations, as well as their remarkable achievements in an island constantly beset by wars, pestilence, earthquakes, civil unrest and the Mafia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Generation Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781800311213
• ISBN-10: 1800311214
• Artikelnr.: 62482644

Autorenporträt

Following an honours degree in Economics from Sheffield University, the author spent almost thirty years working for various manufacturing businesses in the UK and overseas. In 1995 he moved to Tatarstan in Russia, leading a team of international consultants at a large automotive company and in 1997 he became an advisor to the UK Foreign Office and the Department for International Development covering Russia until 2002. He subsequently worked as a management consultant on various projects in Russia and Ukraine and since 2001, he has been a member of the Flood Risk Management Committee for Wales. Born in Royal Leamington Spa, the author spent his early years in Canada and has since lived in Switzerland, France, the USA and Russia and has travelled to seventy different countries. He was awarded an MBE in the 2018 Queen's New years Honours List.