The Mystery of Overend and Gurney: A Financial Scandal in Victorian London by Geoffrey Elliott
The Mystery of Overend and Gurney: A Financial Scandal in Victorian London

Geoffrey Elliott

The Mystery of Overend and Gurney: A Financial Scandal in Victorian London

Geoffrey Elliott

288 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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In May 1866, Overend and Gurney, the City of London's leading discount house suspended all payments and provoked a panic in the city. The owners were put on trial and investors in the bank were outraged at the events which resulted in many lost fo...

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