The Soap Man

The true story of a tycoon’s dashed dream: “A wonderful little book about what happens when righteous ambition meets stubborn culture.” — Scotland on Sunday Shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent industrialist Lord Leverhulme, whose name lives on today within the multinational company Unilever, bought—lock, stock and barrel—the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to revolutionize the lives and envir