The King Of Sunlight by Adam Macqueen
One of the most extraordinary men ever to leave his mark on Britain was William Hesketh Lever - soap-boiler, social reformer, MP, tribal chieftain, multi millionaire and Lord of the Western Isles. He held beliefs far ahead of their times - the welfare state, votes for women, workers' rights - but he also believed the world's problems could be solved by moving populations from country to country, that ballroom dancing could save the soul and the only healthy way to sleep was outdoors in the wind and the rain. In this hilarious and touching journey Adam Macqueen traces Lever's footsteps from his humble Bolton boyhood to a business empire that straddled the world, shining a spotlight on a world long gone and asks: Where does philanthropy stop and social engineering begin? Is it right for an employer to dictate how his workers spend their weekends? And why would a multi millionaire with half a dozen homes and property on four continents choose to sleep on the roof...?
Adam Macqueen has at various points in his career cleaned toilets, packed mail-order baldness cures, led canoeing holidays for teenage drug addicts, toured Europe in the worst production of Richard II in history and been one of those people answering the phones in the background during Watchdog, before settling on journalism as a profession. He has written for a number of newspapers and magazines, edited the Big Issue, and currently works for Private Eye. He is currently working as a freelance feature writer and appears regularly on Sky television.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552150873 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552150878 |
| Title | The King Of Sunlight |
| Author | Adam Macqueen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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