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The tontine : a novel

Author: Thomas B Costain
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, ©1955.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A London con man creates a tontine wherein the surviving members receive interest on their investment, while the capital, after some years, is to go to the care of veterans.
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Fiction
fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Costain, Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965.
Tontine.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1955
(OCoLC)571019733
Online version:
Costain, Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965.
Tontine.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1955
(OCoLC)607823548
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas B Costain
OCLC Number: 168064
Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: A very bad man has a very good idea --
The tall young men --
The Colossus.
Responsibility: by Thomas B. Costain ; illustrated by Herbert Ryman.

Abstract:

A London con man creates a tontine wherein the surviving members receive interest on their investment, while the capital, after some years, is to go to the care of veterans.

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