The Mystery Of Overend And Gurney: A Financial Scandal In Victorian London by Geoffrey Elliott

The Mystery Of Overend And Gurney: A Financial Scandal In Victorian London

Geoffrey Elliott

266 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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An evocative portrait of the financial underbelly of Victorian London. On May 10, 1866, Quaker-run London bank Overend and Gurney collapsed, unleashing a catastrophe that was felt throughout the world. Amid a scandal that was the Victorian equival...

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