{"product_id":"9783319824758","title":"Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance: The Pope’s Banker","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in the History of Finance: The Pope’s Banker\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFelisini, Daniela\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis  book provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and  entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro  Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in  the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the  decline of Papal power during the Italian Risorgimento.  The discussion is founded in rigorous historical research using original  sources such as the Archivum Secretum Vaticanum papers and other official  documents; the archives of the Torlonia family, and of the Rothschild bank in  Paris; memoirs; correspondences, and newspapers. Through this book readers learn  that Alessandro Torlonia was a man of many faces, who was one of the most  complex and influential characters of Italian economic life in the nineteenth  century. Felisini also provides an expert critique of the financial history of  the papacy: an area of heightened interest given the notoriety of  relations betweenthe Holy See and its bankers in the twentieth and  twenty-first centuries. Focal topics such as the history of European elites and the  history of European financial markets will have an interdisciplinary appeal  for scholars and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-07-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319824758\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-41998-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 269\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47446299541644,"sku":"9783319824758","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319824758.jpg?v=1775919682","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319824758","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}