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Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance
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Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance Hardcover - 2000

by Janet Gleeson


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Relates how Scottish mathematical genius, playboy, and gambler John Law invented paper money, a creation that nearly destroyed the French economy and that transformed the world of finance and banking.

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IT IS AN EVENING IN NOVEMBER 1708 IN THE PARISIAN salon of Marie-Anne de Chateauneuf-"La Duclos"-a celebrated actress of Paris's Comedie Francaise, and as usual she is entertaining Parisian society.

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  • Title Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance
  • Author Janet Gleeson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 303
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date July 6, 2000
  • ISBN 9780684872957 / 0684872951
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.79 x 5.19 x 0.94 in (19.79 x 13.18 x 2.39 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00028496
  • Dewey Decimal Code 332.092
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