Gresham's Law : The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I's Banker 格雷欣定律:伊麗莎白女王一世銀行家的生活和世界 John Guy

英國曆史學家和傳記作者

基本信息

By (author) John Guy

Format Paperback | 320 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 19mm | 268g

Publication date 25 Jun 2020

Publisher Profile Books Ltd

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement Main

Illustrations note 8 page colour plate section

ISBN10 1788162374

ISBN13 9781788162371

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

內容簡介

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.

Thomas Gresham可以説是第一個真正的全球金融嚮導。他在倫敦和安特衞普的繁華世界中崛起，成為五位都鐸王朝中三位背後的隱藏力量。今天，他的名字在經濟學説，他創立的機構以及倫敦金融城在地球經濟中心的位置上都得到了紀念。

沒有格雷舍姆，英格蘭確實可能已經成為附庸國。他的舉動使伊麗莎白擺脱了沉重的債務負擔，並在*教戰爭中為歐洲開火，為進行重要的軍事準備作了準備。直到現在，他最忠實的忠誠度仍然是謎。

都鐸王朝歷史學家約翰·蓋伊（John Guy）利用大量新研究和幾個驚人的發現，以驚人的親密感重現了格雷沙姆（Gresham）的生活和奇異的個性。他揭示了一個有計劃的倖存者，足夠靈活，可以與商人做生意，並且不管他們的*教或意識形態信念如何，都具有潛力。然而，他的個人關係令人不安地交易。甚至對他自己的家庭成員來説，他也是一個冷淡無情的人。

伊麗莎白一世發現自己與格雷沙姆的野心不符。在他們的碰撞和謹慎的調停中，我們看到了國家主權與全球資本之間的我們自己的衝突已被預示。這是一部有關冒險與危險，貪婪與狡猾，忠誠度被分割，錯誤或出賣的故事，這是一部適合商人王子的傳記。

作者簡介

John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge, and also teaches on the Yale in London programme at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. He has held academic positions in Britain and the United States throughout his career, specializing mainly in the Tudor period. He is recognised as one of Britain's most exciting historical biographers, has written several bestselling books, and is a regular presenter of both TV and Radio programs for the BBC.

約翰·蓋伊（John Guy）是劍橋大學克萊爾學院的院士，還在保羅·梅隆（Paul Mellon）英國藝術研究中心教授倫敦耶魯計劃。在他的整個職業生涯中，他都曾在英國和美國擔任過學術職務，主要是在都鐸時期。他被公認為是英國最激動人心的歷史傳記作家之一，寫過幾本暢銷書，並且經常為英國廣播公司（BBC）主持電視和廣播節目。