Jane Martinson

Part Ozymandias, part HBO&rsquo;s Succession ... Jane Martinson has dug deep where many feared to tread. Her book is a gripping yarn of two boys who left school at 14 and became billionaires who entertained celebrities, prime ministers and royalty, only to fall out like ferrets in a sack.

Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times

This is one of those fantastic books where you take someone from business and actually give it the treatment of a novel - it&rsquo;s a hell of a pace.

A tour de force &ndash; on how power and money can be gained, and how easily it can be lost.

Reads as a history of the evolution of the dodgier corners of the financial world over the last eight decades

Forensic ... Strong on financial detail

A cracking book &ndash; I'm in awe of how much digging went in . A pleasure to read.

Adam Macqueen, journalist and author of Private Eye: The First 50 Years

An astonishing and at times unbelievable yarn for those still grieving the end of Succession.

Jane Martinson has done a brilliant job (…) The outcome is a first-class exercise in investigative financial journalism and, if that sounds off-putting, it shouldn’t. Even for those of us who are only vaguely numerate, she transforms the information into a spellbinding story.

The Barclay Dynasty: A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession

You May Never See Us Again is the definitive story of David and Frederick Barclay - commonly known as the Barclay brothers. Born poor, these enigmatic twins built one of the biggest fortunes in Britain together and spent six decades at the epicentre of British business, media and politics. Their empire, said to be worth &pound;7bn at its height, included Littlewoods, the Ritz, The Daily Telegraph and the channel island of Brecqhou. 
 
And yet despite their fortune and influence, the Barclays' desire for privacy meant that their story has remained largely unknown - until a very public family dispute pitched Barclay against Barclay in the High Court. 
 
Journalist Jane Martinson unravels the fascinating story of these once inseparable brothers. Through their lives she offers compelling insights into post-war Britain, from the conditions that enabled their way of doing business to thrive through to the tightly enmeshed webs of influence between capitalism, politics and the media that shape Britain today.

Jane Martinson

Praise for You May Never See Us Again

Part Ozymandias, part HBO’s Succession ... Jane Martinson has dug deep where many feared to tread. Her book is a gripping yarn of two boys who left school at 14 and became billionaires who entertained c ...

This is one of those fantastic books where you take someone from business and actually give it the treatment of a novel - it’s a hell of a pace.

A tour de force – on how power and money can be gained, and how easily it can be lost.

Part Ozymandias, part HBO’s Succession ... Jane Martinson has dug deep where many feared to tread. Her book is a gripping yarn of two boys who left school at 14 and became billionaires who entertained c ...

This is one of those fantastic books where you take someone from business and actually give it the treatment of a novel - it’s a hell of a pace.

A tour de force – on how power and money can be gained, and how easily it can be lost.

Part Ozymandias, part HBO’s Succession ... Jane Martinson has dug deep where many feared to tread. Her book is a gripping yarn of two boys who left school at 14 and became billionaires who entertained c ...

This is one of those fantastic books where you take someone from business and actually give it the treatment of a novel - it’s a hell of a pace.

A tour de force – on how power and money can be gained, and how easily it can be lost.

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