George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen bare-footed stable boy, he became the richest man in Canada and closely associated with George V, whose wife, Queen Mary, was a lifelong friend and confidante of the second Lady Mount Stephen. In 1829, Stephen was born at Dufftown, Banffshire, in a cottage built by his grandfather. He was the son of William Stephen (b. 1801), a carpenter, and Elspet, daughter of John Smith, a crofter at Knockando, Moray. His mother was a first cousin of the philanthropic Grant brothers of Manchester, immortalised as the "Cheeryble Brothers" in Charles Dickens' book, Nicholas Nickleby. Stephen began life as a boy running
Brothers (Goldman novel) wildly imaginative ploys." Goldman himself later called it "a not-very-terrific book." Brothers (Goldman novel) Brothers is a thriller novel by William Goldman. It is the sequel to his 1972 novel "Marathon Man" and is Goldman's final novel. Daniel Woodrell wrote in the "Washington Post" that "The ultimate significance of the title becomes clear only in the surprising, explosive twist at the end." The BBC later aired a radio adaptation. It had mixed reviews, with Goldman himself rating it unfavorably. In the sequel, Doc "Scylla" Levy, brother of "Marathon Man"'s protagonist Babe Levy, survives his stabbing. The plot concerns an effort