The sugar king of Havana

Description:

In this dual history of a man and a nation, Financial Times journalist John Paul Rathbone uses the stranger-than-fiction story of Julio Lobo, a Cuban sugar magnate who controlled the world sugar market throughout much of the first half of the 20th century, to reveal the luxuries enjoyed by the elite class in pre-revolutionary Cuba.

subjects: Sugar trade,  Businessmen,  Biography,  History,  New York Times reviewed,  Businesspeople, biography,  Cuba, history, 1895-,  Cuba, biography

People: Julio Lobo (1898-)

Places: Cuba

Times: 20th century,  1895-