Ebook: The Soap Man: Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme
Author: Roger Hutchinson
- Tags: Businesspeople, Great Britain, Biography, Land tenure, Scotland, Lewis with Harris Island, History, 20th century, Landowners, Scotland, Lewis with Harris Island, Biography, Leverhulme William Hesketh Lever Viscount 1851-1925, Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland), Biography, Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland), Economic conditions, Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland), History, Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland), Social conditions
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Birlinn
- City: New York
- Language: English
- epub
In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhulme bought - lock, stock and barrel - the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to revolutionise the lives and environments of its 30,000 people, and those of neighbouring Harris, which he shortly added to his estate. For the next five years a state of conflict reigned in the Hebrides. Island seamen and Read more...
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In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhulme bought - lock, stock and barrel - the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to Read more...
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