TY - BOOK AU - Snedden, Fleur, TI - King of the castle: a biography of William Larnach SN - 1869533534 AV - HC662.5.L37 S65 1997 U1 - 324.2930092 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - David Bateman KW - Larnach, William James Mudie, KW - Politicians KW - New Zealand KW - Biography KW - Businesspeople KW - Dunedin KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index N2 - Looks at the life of William James Mudie Larnach, one of New Zealand's enduring historical figures - enduring not only because of the 'monument' he left in Dunedin's Larnach's Castle, but also because of the many scandals he was involved in. His life was a tangled web of cruelty, tragedy, intrigue, success and failure - tragically ending when he committed suicide in Parliament in 1898 ER -