The Bank of England Bedside Book - A Thread of Gold: 1694-2008 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905299893 ISBN 13: 9781905299898

Publisher: Stacey International, 2008

Synopsis

In this treasure trove of a book, Paul Tempest has gathered and edited articles, cartoons and reminiscences (his own and those of numerous others) that, together, provide a valuable insight into the workings of the Bank of England down the ages. Ever a quirky and idiosyncratic organization, the Bank had a way of operating that was entirely its own, and was, argues Tempest, peculiarly successful. This volume uncovers the secret to the morale of the Bank of England, and the esprit de corp that lay at the heart of all it did.

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'The Bank of England Bedside Book' draws on a treasure-chest of personal memory and archive material on the Bank of England, affectionately known throughout the land as the 'Old Lady of Threadneedle Street'. This endearing collection of fact and anecdote, of prose and poetry, cartoons and drawings, brings to life the dynamics and personalities of the world's most famous bank.

To the outsider, the Bank of England's massive portals convey aloofness if not virtual impenetrability. All the casual visitor sees, venturing within the Main Entrance Hall, is a Graeco-Roman facade with lofty marble and basalt pillars. To an insider like Paul Tempest, compiler of this anthology, it is a repository of 'all human life', as the Sunday broadsheets used to claim.

How many know that a century or so ago Kenneth Grahame, author of 'The Wind in the Willows', was Secretary of the Bank for a full decade? And exactly which of his colleagues inspired Mr Toad? And how did the infamous Manila Bill of Excahnge of 1763 come to cause the august Bank so much grief?

In a wobbly world the Bank of England remains unshaken, riding the storms, the 'lender of last resort', bastion of probity and dependability through three centuries of English history, to this very day. And here in this delightful bok are the very human threads which the ld lady's needle has been working down the years behind its doors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stacey International
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905299893
• ISBN 13: 9781905299898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236