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Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership by Victoria Glendinning (Hardcover, 2021)

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From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography. 'It's Succession in tailcoats and spats ... This is a vivid and eye-opening group biography, backgrounded by the rise of supermarket moguls from humble beginnings' Sunday Times Who was John Lewis? What story lies behind the retail empire that bears his name? Behind the glass windows and displays of soft furnishing, this book reveals the family that founded the shops in all their eccentricities, and whose relationships became blighted by conflicts of epic proportions as their wealth bloomed. Born into poverty, John Lewis was orphaned at the age of seven when his father died in a Somerset workhouse. Dreaming of a better life, the young man travelled to London at the start of what would become a retail revolution. From early years as a draper's apprentice, we see how Lewis's first pokey little business opened on Oxford Street in 1864, and expanded as an emerging middle class embraced the department stores as a recreational experience. Prize-winning biographer Victoria Glendinning has had full access to the company and family archives to write this eye-opening story. She captures the toxic relationships that unfolded between Lewis and his two sons, Spedan and Oswald, as they collided over the future of their retail empire - their worst moments including emotional blackmail, face-slapping and a kidnapping - and much litigation between father and both sons. Yet the family never broke up and Spedan's vision of a Partnership model to act as an ethical corrective and foster a community of happier, more productive workers was eventually realised and survives to this day. With riveting personal detail, this brilliant group biography captures a rags-to-riches story and a tempestuous family saga, all unfolding against the dramatic social and political worlds of nineteenth-century London. The book concludes with an assessment of the position John Lewis holds in British sensibilities, and whether John Lewis and institutions like it have a place in our future.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780008273750
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2320093382

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Author
Victoria Glendinning
Publication Name
Family Business: an Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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240mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
610g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Victoria Glendinning
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by goldwhwt15 Sep, 2021
Enjoyable and interesting insight into a family which has had more influence on the small things in our lives than perhaps we knew.
Very interesting and informative. I have a personal family interest, but would still recommend this to anyone - if you like the tv series Mr. Selfridge you will love this book too.
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by musicfiendcouk06 Oct, 2021
A better way of doing business.
This is an excellent look at this part of British retail history. The book is an interesting read and is illustrated well. Whether you've ever sat in their restaurant, had lunch, or enjoyed a cup of coffee and wondered exactly how this business came into being? Well read on, the truth may be eye opening!
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