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Bruce Heywood walks us through a beautifully poignant and at times, hilarious, account of the life and times of Frank Green. Heywood takes us from Frank’s birth to an entrepreneurial family in Wakefield at the heart of the industrial revolution, to his early years of exploratory travel, through both world wars and the golden years at Ashwick in-between, all the way up to the end of his life spent on Exmoor. Accompanied by centuries old documents and photographs, Heywood explores Frank Green’s life and legacy. He is remembered best by his restoration project of the Treasurers House, York, which he gave, fully furnished to the National Trust. A great philanthropist and an even greater enigma, Frank Green remains as much a mystery now as he ever was.