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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Niall Ferguson |
ISBN: | 9780141035482 014103548X 9780718194000 0718194004 9780143116172 0143116177 9781594201929 1594201927 |
OCLC Number: | 494319845 |
Awards: | Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009 |
Description: | 1 vol. (V-441 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 20 cm. |
Responsibility: | Niall Ferguson. |
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The hardback publication of Niall Ferguson's book was prophetic, but this edition - topped and tailed with a passionate, closely argued call for us to educate ourselves about financial markets - could not be more timely -- Tony Clements * Telegraph * Dazzling ... extraordinarily timely -- Martin Vander Weyer * Spectator * A whistle-stop tour of the historical events that gave us the financial system we have today ... To Niall Ferguson's list of talents we can now add great timing -- Stephanie Flanders * Mail on Sunday * Ferguson is the most brilliant British historian of his generation ... he writes with splendid panache * Times * Ferguson's powers are on formidable display -- Tristram Hunt * Observer * Wonderfully accessible ... Ferguson is spot on -- Allister Heath * Literary Review * A fine history ... told with verve and insight * Daily Telegraph * One of the world's leading historians -- Hamish McRae * Independent * Read more...


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