{"product_id":"nor-shall-my-sword-aldreg-welles-9781456770327","title":"...nor shall my sword...","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating and compelling novel about the life story of Sir Alexander Ismay Strang, managing director and vice-chairman of Walbank Holdings, and of his friend Jervis Andrew Taylor the eventual Archbishop of Lancaster, takes the reader from the Prologue where Commander Robert Strang RNR goes down with his destroyer after sinking a German U-Boat in July 1942, to Chapter One where in 1955 his orphaned son Alexander Strang begins his engineering apprentice ship. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reader is taken through the early development of Stuart Walbank and Strang a division of the now Walbank Holdings. This brilliant portrayal of an Englishman a champion of British Industry, brings to the reader a fascinating account Of engineers designing and installing mineral processing plants, locomotives and railway systems, surface and underground mining equipment, petro-chemical plants and textiles. It also takes the reader into the world of industrial strife and sabotage in the 1960's and  70's and into the 1990's, of doing business in Australia and South Africa during the turbulent years of Apartheid. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is also a passionate love story of his marriage to his sensuous Scottish wife Agnes and how together they develop an international antique business and a mining museum. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA strong stand against Britain's closer ties with Europe brings Sir Alexander Strang into conflict with the pro-Europeans in Whitehall and the country. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1991 after a battle with terminal cancer Sir Alexander Strang is buried in the graveyard of Christ Church Burton Park. The choir sing Mozart's \"Ave Verum\", one of Sir Alexander's favourite anthems. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe eulogy is delivered by the Archbishop of Lancaster the Rev Dr Jervis Andrew Taylor. The Archbishop falters in his speech as he recalls his early days in this church with his friend and ex-fellow chorister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aldreg Welles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1456770322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781456770327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2012","brand":"Aldreg Welles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485230313727,"sku":"9781456770327","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_219d2aa6-c647-44b4-8ed5-2a96ad28880e.jpg?v=1778048767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nor-shall-my-sword-aldreg-welles-9781456770327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}