Till time's last sand : a history of the Bank of England, 1694-2013 / David Kynaston.

'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared of the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and throughout almost all that time it has been central to British history. Yet to most people, despite its increasingly high profile, its history...

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Main Author: Kynaston, David (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
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Physical Description:viii, 879 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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505 0 |a Prologue : It must now necessarily be a bank -- Part one : 1694-1815. Services to the nation -- A great engine of state -- A steady and unremitting attention -- An elderly lady in the city -- Part two : 1815-1914. All the obloquy -- The effects of tight lacing -- Matters of conduct and behaviour -- Money will not manage itself -- Wonderfully youthful in spirit -considering -- Part three : 1914-46. The Kipling man -- Look busy anyway -- The dogs bark -- Part four : 1946-97. Not a study group -- Honest money -- Entering from stage right -- Sunny offs -- Serious misgivings -- Welcome and long overdue -- Postscript : You just don't know when. 
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