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The Pound: A Biography. The story of the currency that ruled the world - Softcover

Sinclair, David

 
9780099406068: The Pound: A Biography. The story of the currency that ruled the world
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099406063 ISBN 13: 9780099406068
Verlag: GB Gardners Books, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

David Sinclair's compelling story of the pound is at once a biography, a history and a celebration of the world's most enduring currency. Packed with detail and colour, it charts the pound's development from its origins in the Dark Ages to its role today in Cyberspace when, single European Currency or not, it may be coming to the end f its life. et The Pound is not only the story of money, it is also the revealing story of Britain and her peoples on the world stage. Britain's currency was the first great international exchange currency, laying the foundations for world trade. It helped to discover continents, financing the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, and sent great armies across the globe. The Pound illuminates the kings and queens, merchants and bankers, politicians and fraudsters who have all played their parts in the rise and decline of the British Nation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Sinclair is a top journalist and the author of several previous biographies, including Edgar Allan Poe, Dynasty, The Astors and Their Times, and Two Georges. Most recently, he has been executive editor of the Financial Mail on Sunday.

Aus dem Klappentext

detail and colour, this fascinating book charts the Pound's development from its origins in the Dark Ages to its role today in cyberspace when, single European currency or not, it may be coming to the end of its life. The Pound is also the revealing story of Britain and her people on the world stage. Britain's currency was the first great international exchange currency, laying the foundations for world trade. The Pound illuminates the kings and queens, merchants and bankers, politicians and fraudsters who have all played their parts in the rise and decline of the British Nation.

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Verlag
GB Gardners Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099406063
ISBN 13 
9780099406068
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
298
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