Dragons
Subtitle: ten entrepreneurs who built Britain
By: Liam Byrne
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9781781857472; 9781781857496
Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Case studies; Businesspeople; Biography; History
Other titles: Ten entrepreneurs who built Britain; Dragons :; 10 entrepreneurs who built Britain
Description: A bold retelling of Britain's national story, narrated not through accounts of kings and queens, or soldiers and scientist--but through the lives of ten of Britain's greatest entrepreneurs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-507) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nation's foundations; title: Robert Rich; title: Sir Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt; title: Matthew Boulton; title: Nathan Rothschild; title: William Jardine; title: George Hudson; title: George Cadbury; title: Cecil Rhodes; title: William Lever; title: John Spedan Lewis.