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 (Yu novel) Baldy Li (李光头) and Song Gang (宋钢), and the collapse of their family during the Cultural Revolution. Labelled as a social novel of late 20th century by The New York Times, "Brothers" deals with the Cultural Revolution and the emergence of Chinese economic reform, which are prevalent within the story plot". Brothers" has experienced great success, shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and awarded France's Prix Courrier International in 2008 and has sold nearly one million copies in China. It is the longest novel written by Yu Hua. It has over 18 thousand characters in Chinese, well over the