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Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history.

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Tackles his complex subject with great clarity and wit. The Independent Beautifully written... Breathtakingly clever. The Sunday Telegraph Ferguson is the most brilliant British historian of his generation. The Times

A series that just might surpass all her others. Booklist An author of rare talents. Publishers Weekly Paranormal mystery at its best. The Romantic Times

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