Why Uncle Albert

This tale is the ripping yarn of a young boy who had the desire to become successful driven initially by the desire for money and the ambition to become successful at everything he did. Never satisfied with his position in life, he was always looking for that step up the ladder, the constant quest for promotion and betterment. Slightly younger than the likes of Richard Branson and Alan Sugar, and certainly not as wealthy, but the author had that same drive and determination. Read the book and perhaps you will agree.

Martin Hignell was born in Wandsworth, London. At the age of five, his father moved the family to Fleet, in Hampshire, to begin a new job, eventually becoming the landlord of the Queen’s Head Public House in the Domesday-quoted village of Dogmersfield. The author left the village and joined the Cunard Line on the QE2 at the age of just 15. He spent his life living and working all around the world. Eventually, after 60 years, returning to where he started in the London Borough of Wandsworth, where he now lives overlooking the picturesque Richmond Park.