Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance
by:
Janet Gleeson (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780743211895 (0743211898)
Publish date: February 21st 2001
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This is a brief, cursory biography as these things go. It's certainly interesting but the predominant feeling I am left with after finishing is "I want to know more." Gleeson says she didn't want to get bogged down in financial details to make this accessible to the general reader but the problem is...
This was a decent read but not the most exciting book.The general view Gleeson takes of Law is quite positive. This seems to have been a result of gradually changing opinion of Law in various studies of his life over the time from when he lived to now. As far as I understand it, not having read an...
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