Dorothy Bentley Smith, HB, 655pp, Landmark Publishing Ltd.

This huge study of Charles Roe and Roe & Co. gives in-depth accounts of their activities in Macclesfield, Liverpool, Anglesey (Parys Mountain), Flintshire, Cornwall, Neath, Coniston Plus Alderley Edge, Congleton and Bosley in Chesire.
It also gives a fascinating insight into life in general in the 18th century. The work is based upon original records and much of the material is published for the first time.