Augustus Muir

A rather derivative Buchanesque romp, but well-paced and a sutiably steely-eyed, lantern jawed hero.

I pondered long and hard over this one as previous books had shown the author strong on the qualities of the Board,but sketchy about what the company actually did.But as I knew nothing about the Shotts Co. I took the plunge and was pleasantly surprised as this was much more balanced and I did learn about the enterprise.There is still plenty of hagiography but it does read quite fluently. True to form though,every picture is of a Director and none of the mines or iron and steel works.