The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal Patricia and on into the new

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Stuart Hughes

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The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal Patricia and on into the newAuthor: Balen, Malcolm Edition: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Release Date: 29 04 2003 Details: The early years of the eighteenth century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wrens new cathedral of St Pauls, 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