Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England

This book follows a day in the life of the Bank of England, beginning as the gates open at dawn and continuing through a 24-hour cycle focusing on the clerks and all those who managed the daily business of banking. It covers the full range of the Bank's daily activities, from the quiet mundanities of Clerks issuing notes and keeping ledgers to the noise and chaos of the financial market and the threat from rioting crowds.

Author: Anne Murphy

Type: Hardcover