Sir Walter Raleigh

Biographies & Memoirs

Raleigh Trevelyan

Historical

Penguin

Tells the story of the Wernher family who have occupied the Bedfordshire country house, Luton Hoo, since it was acquired by Sir Julius Wernher, the financier and mining magnate who was one of the creators of modern South Africa.

Grand Dukes and Diamonds

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

Epic and engrossing, this extravagant true story covers 200 years in the life of an English family dynasty in Sicily. Benjamin Ingham, possibly the greatest tycoon England has ever known, was attracted to Sicily from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire by the burgeoning trade in marsala wine. This is the story of the English Croesus, who made the money, and his beneficiaries, the Whitaker family, who spent it - intertwined with two hundred years of enthralling Sicilian history. "Most entertaining and readable". (Anthony Powell, "Telegraph"). "Deeply researched and wholly fascinating". ("Washington Post"). "An original and entertaining contribution to Anglo-Italian history". ("Times").

Princes Under the Volcano: Two Hundred Years of a British Dynasty in Sicily

History

Faber&Faber

<p>Based on unrestricted access to private papers, Grand Dukes and Diamonds charts the history of one of the most influential and extraordinary families of our time: the Wernhers of Luton Hoo.<br />
The family's fortune was made by Sir Julius Wernher, financier, mining magnate, and one of the creators of modern South Africa. Luton Hoo, a country house in Bedfordshire, became the site of Wernher's magnificent collection and was duly inherited by Sir Harold Wernher and his wife Lady Zia, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia and a direct descendant of Pushkin.<br />
At Luton Hoo the couple displayed her priceless collection of Fabergé, and together they ran a racing stud at Newmarket. Three of their racehorses, Brown Jack, Meld and Charlottown, became legends in their time. Sir Harold also played a crucial role at D-Day, the story of which has its definitive telling within Raleigh Trevelyan's fascinating narrative.</p>

Grand Dukes and Diamonds: The Wernhers of Luton Hoo

Reference

Genealogy

The Companion Guide to Sicily

Companion Guides

The Golden Oriole

Long Riders' Guild Press

Rome '44: The Battle for the Eternal City

Europe

Pimlico

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