Local Author – Diane Brian
£8.99
The story of the rise and fall of the Bennett Steamship Company
Description:
Whether you have an interest in maritime history, social history or family history this book will appeal to you. Telling the story of John Bennett, an astute business man, who built up his shipping empire during the fast moving times of the late Victorian age, when steam power was the backbone of industry and vital to many forms of travel.
His business reached its zenith by the Edwardian age, before the cracks started to appear with the onset of the 1st World War.
With the 2nd World War the company suffered blow after blow and after the havoc unleashed on merchant shipping, by the end of the War, the company was on its knees, in an abyss from which there was no return.
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