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Guinness: A Family Succession: The True Story of the Struggle to Create the World’s Largest Brewery<\/p>\n

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New this fall is a history of the Guinness family<\/a> from Arthur Edward Guinness, a member of the dynasty himself. \u201cI\u2019m aware of if the story doesn’t get told, the story can get told in many different ways, and some of them will be inaccurate. Some will have axes to grind; some will not reference family papers and primary sources like I\u2019m privileged to have. And I have Arthur Guinness on my passport, I\u2019m proud of being an Arthur Guinness, and I\u2019ll tell my version of the story with access that I have\u2014hopefully it\u2019s readable, entertaining, and informative,\u201d he told Town & Country<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read an interview with Arthur Edward Guinness here<\/a>, and read an excerpt from Guinness: A Family Succession here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dubliners<\/p>\n

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James Joyce, a titan of Irish literature, was born a bit after the events of House of Guinness, but his work is still vital to understanding Dublin at the turn of the century. Start with Dubliners, a short story collection about residents of Dublin. As Penguin Classics notes, \u201cDubliners is Joyce at his most accessible and most profound, and this edition is the definitive text, authorized by the Joyce estate and collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions to reflect the author\u2019s original wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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My Dearest Enemy: A Novel<\/p>\n

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House of Guinness fans are drawn to the romance plotlines in the series, particularly that between Edward (Louis Partridge<\/a>) and Ellen Cochrane (Niamh McCormack<\/a>). This historical romance novel, My Dearest Enemy, leans into the Edward-Ellen enemies-to-lovers dynamic.<\/p>\n

Mutual Interest<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re more intrigued by the marriage of convenience<\/a> between Arthur (Anthony Boyle<\/a>) and Olivia (Danielle Galligan) in House of Guinness, check out Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith. The story is a queer take on the classic Gilded Age historical novel, following Vivian, who came to the city at 18 and is finding her place in high society; Oscar, a transplant from Ohio working at a soap company; and Squire, a scion of an American fortune. Vivian and Oscar enter in a lavender marriage to conceal their sexualities, and Oscar and Squire fall in love. The book follows the trio as they navigate marriage, business, and power together.<\/p>\n

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A Civil Contract (Regency Romances Book 21)<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, those who are drawn to the Edward and Adelaide (Ann Skelly) storyline, check out A Civil Contract. Georgette Heyer\u2019s romance follows Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton, who is madly in love with a woman named Julia but has to marry a woman named Jenny Chawleigh. \u201cCan the wrong bride become the perfect wife?\u201d asks the description for this novel.<\/p>\n

Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York<\/p>\n

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A subplot of House of Guinness takes place in New York City, when Byron Hughes (Jack Gleeson) arrives in the U.S. determined to expand the reach of Guinness and has a run-in with the Bowery Boys<\/a>. For a more comprehensive look at Irish communities in New York City at this time period, read Plentiful Country from historian Tyler Anbinder. As Hasia Diner blurbed, \u201cPlentiful Country celebrates the survivors of Ireland’s Great Famine, who are so often cast as dazed immigrants unprepared and unsuited for life in New York and America. Drawing on a decade of research, Tyler Anbinder presents them instead as women and men with agency: adept learners who, by both seizing and creating opportunities for themselves, remade their new country. They speak for themselves in this book, in word and deed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re curious to learn more about the true story of House of Guinness<\/a>, check out The Search for God and Guinness, a comprehensive history of the Irish beer. \u201cThe more outlandish things in the show, they\u2019re always real,\u201d creator Steven Knight says.<\/p>\n

Guinnesses<\/p>\n

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Joe Joyce\u2019s The Guinnesses focuses more on the people than their namesake brewery and beer. Per the description, \u201cFull of insights and incidents, it covers a cast of characters \u2013 businessmen, politicians, socialites, explorers and eccentrics \u2013 from the God-fearing Arthur Guinness to the early death in 1992 of Benjamin Guinness, the last family member to sit on the board of the Guinness company.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Glorious Guinness Girls<\/p>\n

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Emily Hourican\u2019s historical fiction novel follows three Guinness women\u2014Aileen, Maureen, and Oonagh\u2014in the 1920s, a few decades after the events of House of Guinness. \u201cWhile we\u2019re all loving Netflix\u2019s House of Guinness… here\u2019s what happened next,\u201d Hourican posted<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor<\/p>\n

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Hourican has actually published four novels in her Guinness Girls series, including The Other Guinness Girl, which follows Lady Honor Guinness after her marriage to the charming and ambitious American Henry \u201cChips\u201d Channon.<\/p>\n

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The Houses of Guinness<\/p>\n

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Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)<\/p>\n

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Set in the early 19th century, Castle Rackrent and its sequel, Ennui, follows the decline of an Irish estate and its Anglo-Irish landlords over generations, based on Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth\u2019s history. As Penguin Classics notes, \u201cIngeniously drawing on an actual chronicle of Maria Edgeworth\u2019s family experiences, the narrative subtly emerges as a devastating commentary on the Anglo Irish occupation of rural Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Beautiful Pint: One Man’s Search for the Perfect Pint of Guinness<\/p>\n

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Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Senior News Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n

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