Books by "John D. Gresham"
12 books found
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
by John Bernard Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
1898
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland
by John Burke, Bernard Burke
1844
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England
by John Burke, Bernard Burke
1838
A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of America
by John Norton Pomeroy
1918
The history of the Friar lane Baptist church, Nottingham, by J. T. Godfrey and J. Ward
by John Thomas Godfrey
1903
Handbook to London as it Is. New Edition Revised of the Work Originally Written by Peter Cunningham
by John Murray (Firm)
1876
Thomas Gresham was arguably the first true wizard of global finance. He rose through the mercantile worlds of London and Antwerp to become the hidden power behind three out of the five Tudor monarchs. Today his name is remembered in economic doctrines, in the institutions he founded and in the City of London's position at the economic centre of the earth. Without Gresham, England truly might have become a vassal state. His manoeuvring released Elizabeth from a crushing burden of debt and allowed for vital military preparations during the wars of religion that set Europe ablaze. Yet his deepest loyalties have remained enigmatic, until now. Drawing on vast new research and several startling discoveries, the great Tudor historian John Guy recreates Gresham's life and singular personality with astonishing intimacy. He reveals a calculating survivor, flexible enough to do business with merchants and potentates no matter their religious or ideological convictions. Yet his personal relationships were disturbingly transactional. He was a figure of cold unsentimentality even to members of his own family. Elizabeth I found herself at odds with Gresham's ambitions. In their collisions and wary accommodations, we see our own conflicts between national sovereignty and global capital foreshadowed. A story of adventure and jeopardy, greed and cunning, loyalties divided, mistaken or betrayed, this is a biography fit for a merchant prince.