Douglas Brunt

Other than the Tsar, Emanuel Nobel was likely the wealthiest man in early 20th-century Russia. He and his father, Ludwig, rose from bankruptcy to become the owners of an oil company that rivalled John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. They imported the best practices from America, and then used their own innovative ideas to improve on them, transforming everything from refining...

The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the...

Instant New York Times Bestseller! Why did one of the world’s most successful business titans, an oil magnate who rivalled the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds, disappear from history? The author of the acclaimed bestseller The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel has the enthralling answer. With the exception of the tsar, Emanuel Nobel was likely the wealthiest man in early 20th-century...

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the...