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"At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest. On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some GBP80,000. But for his next trick he had gra
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- Author
- James Buchan - undifferentiated, James Buchan
- Publisher
- London: MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857053381
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (51 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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