This is an outline of the history of the Macmillan family, its rise, triumphs and misfortunes. The core of the book is the personality and career of Harold Macmillan, but his achievements and tribulations are seen in the context of his family life. Coming from a peasant background, two Macmillan brothers founded one of the great publishing houses in Victorian London: a multi-million-pound business which their descendants still control in the 1990s. This is more than a family story, it is a book about class, power and the destructive personal traits that pass from generation to generation.
- ISBN10 0749306904
- ISBN13 9780749306908
- Publish Date 15 April 1993 (first published 27 April 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Mandarin
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English