John Law : a Scottish adventurer of the eighteenth century
Buchan, James2019
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Place reservation for John Law : a Scottish adventurer of the eighteenth centuryAt the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest. On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some £80,000. But for his next trick he had grander ambitions. When Louis XIV died, leaving a thoroughly bankrupt France to his five-year-old heir, Law gained the ear of the Regent, Philippe D'Orleans. 'John Law' dramatises the life of one of the most inventive financiers in history, a man who was born before his time and in whose day the word millionaire came to be coined.
Main title:
John Law : a Scottish adventurer of the eighteenth century / James Buchan.
Author:
Buchan, James, author
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2019.
Collation:
513 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848666085 (pbk)
Dewey class:
332.092920.LAW920.
LC class:
HG172.L3
Local class:
B LAW920.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2523672
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