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Dr. K. S. Cliff [Published Date: 2018]. Hardcover, 248 pp. In very good condition. Illustrated Paper over Boards have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations with some in colour. [From Introduction]. James Lock & Co Ltd is said to be the world's 34th oldest family-owned business, and we still trade from what is reputed to be the world's oldest hat shop. That is quite a heritage and we are intensely proud of it! . . . After a medical career, Dr Kenneth Cliff, a senior member of one of the two families who own Lock's, immersed himself in discovering the history of different periods of the earlier history of the business, with a particular interest in the consequences of the dramatic events unleashed by the French Revolution, and Napoleon's subsequent ascent to, and later fall from, power for the lives of British citizens - events of momentous importance not just for the United Kingdom, but for Europe as a whole. As part of this he writes, engagingly, of the relationship and dealings we had with the great Lord Nelson. Ken has also researched our connections with a significant number of later customer heroes who were awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. . . The result of his labours is the unique collection of writings that make up this book, in which the common feature is his focus on the customers and their own place in the dramatic events that were happening at the time. In collecting the results of his investigative work over many years together in this one volume, we hope that the reader will enjoy this quite personal contribution to our history. . .