Secret History of the South Sea Bubble The World's First Great Financial Scandal

Name: Secret History of the South Sea Bubble The World's First Great Financial Scandal
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ISBN: 9780007161775

ISBN-10: 0007161778

ISBN-13: 9780007161775

Edition: 2003

Authors: Malcolm Balen

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/29/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Malcolm Balen is the author of a biography of Kenneth Clarke and 'A Very English Deceit', as well as 'A history of the South Sea Bubble'. He is senior editorial adviser to BBC News, where he was previously executive editor. He has a degree in history from Peterhouse, Cambridge University.




The Dome



A National Lottery, and a Rake's Progress



Blunt Advice



Walpole and the Maypole



Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?



The New Economy



Greed Is Good



Paper Fortunes



Bonfire of the Vanities



Time and Tide and a Fall from Grace



Not a Penny Stirring



A Lasting Foundation



In the Darkness of the Night



Hall of Mirrors



Friends in High Places



Doubtful and Desperate Debts



The Architecture of Eternity


Postscript


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Index