A Very English Deceit
Download or Read eBook A Very English Deceit PDF written by Malcolm Balen and published by 4th Estate, Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Malcolm Balen |
| Publisher | : 4th Estate, Limited |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015056170882 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Very English Deceit by : Malcolm Balen
Book excerpt: The early years of the 18th-century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wren's new cathedral of St Paul's, an enduring testament to principled craft and masterful construction, the other an empty fraud of such magnitude that its collapse threatened to overturn monarchies and governments. Its failure delayed the introduction of modern market economies by two generations. Yet the full scale of this monumental deceit was quietly covered up and hidden, its enduring legacy a poorly understood colloquialism: the South Sea Bubble.
