Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal immortalised as the "Cheeryble Brothers" in Charles Dickens' book, Nicholas Nickleby. Donald's mother was the sister of the Canadian explorer John Stuart, partner of the North West Company who rose to become Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Smith was educated at Anderson's Free School and on leaving at age sixteen he was apprenticed to become a lawyer in the offices of Robert Watson, Town Clerk of Forres. By the age of eighteen, Smith chose another career path: offered entry into mercantile life at Manchester, and a career in the Indian Civil Service, his choice was to pattern himself
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