Dominic Frisby

The Secret History of Gold (eBook, ePUB)

Myth, Money, Politics and Power

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first definitive biography of gold - from the Big Bang, to currency, and kingmaker.

Gold is one the most crucial substances in human history. As the world's oldest currency, it has built our global financial system as we know it, and defined our modern systems of rule in ways perhaps we don't.

In The Secret History of Gold, Dominic Frisby tells the captivating story of this precious metal, from its curious origins in the formation of the solar system, through ancient myth and conquest to present day. He explores how our mercurial relationship with gold has shaped wars, progress and disaster throughout the ages and why, as one of the only lasting substances that represents and stores value, we still need it in a digital economy.

Gold has, and always will be, a political metal. And, as governments in China, Russia and others rush to buy and mine gold at the fastest rate in history, what does this indicate for the future of global peace and power?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405972352
• Artikelnr.: 72318561

Autorenporträt

Dominic Frisby is perhaps the world's only financial writer and comedian. He writes a weekly investment column for Moneyweek about gold. He has also written for publications including the Guardian and the Independent. His one man show, Let's Talk About Tax was a hit at the Edinburg Fringe Festival and was turned into a book, Daylight Robbery, published by Penguin Business. He has hosted two financial comedy shows for BBC Radio 4, More Money than Sense with Andy Zatzman, Shazia Mirza and Paul Sinha and Damned Lies with Sir David Spiegelhalter. His substack, The Flying Frisby, has 10,000 subscribers, is one of the UK's most popular financial Substacks.