Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England: The Dark Arts of Projectors

By: Martin Parker and Valerie Hamilton

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Synopsis: This little book tells the truthful story of how the Bank of England actually came into being. It is a story of pirates, treasure, random good fortune and sheer determination. This is an institution founded on risk, daring and imagination. The tale is entangled with that of the early novel, in particular the fortunes of one Moll Flanders, an entrepreneur of sexual relations in the growing London market for capital in the early eighteenth century. These accounts are woven together with the life-stories of Daniel Defoe and William Paterson, founders of two of the key institutions of our modern age, the novel and the corporation. This reveals connections which are nowadays forgotten, and which the fractured specialisms of &‘Literature&’, &‘History&’ and &‘Business&’ can rarely see. These tales are set against the backdrop of the long eighteenth century - fervent years of inventiveness, high risk gambling, and political revolution. The authors show that the dark arts of deceit, and the credibility of fictions, are requirements for any creative enterprise, and that all organizations are fictions.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 200 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781782799535
Related ISBNs:: 9781782799528
Publisher:: Zer0 Books
Date of Addition:: 11/05/25
Copyrighted By:: Valerie Hamilton and Martin Parker
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.