Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV's France

by Guy Rowlands

Book Overview

At the start of the eighteenth century Louis XIV needed to remit huge sums of money abroad to support his armies during the War of the Spanish Succession. For this essential task the French government turned to the services of a number of leading international bankers, men who could provide foreign exchange on a vast scale through a multitude of European financial centres. However, the demand for foreign exchange was unprecedented and the remittance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137381787
• ISBN13: 9781137381781
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"