Nightmare [RARE BOOKS]

From exclusive boardrooms and multi-million-pound deals, to penury, a broken family and a continuing nightmare...

Ernest Saunders took the ailing Guinness company and, in masterstrokes of pure genius, turned it i it into one of the world's blue-chip businesses. Then in 1986 after Guinness's bloody and bitter battle for ownership of Distillers, disaster, in the shape of inspectors from the Department of Trade and Industry, struck.

The resulting scandal rocked the city and revealed to the public the unacceptable face of capitalism. It also ruined Ernest Saunders. Written by his son, Nightmare is both a riveting business exposé and the compelling account of a family tragedy.

'NIGHTMARE gives fascinating insights into Mr Saunders's personality. It will also infuriate most of the important people in the City... For that reason it deserves to be read'

FINANCIAL TIMES

"A compelling read' INDEPENDENT

'The most interesting book to appear about the Guinness affair...impossible to read without feeling sorry for Ernest Saunders and his family'

JONATHAN GUINNESS in the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH