The Tontine Volume 1

Author : Thomas Bertram Costain
Publisher : London : Collins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tontine written by Thomas Bertram Costain and published by London : Collins. This book was released on 1956 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A London con man creates a tontine wherein the surviving members receive interest on their investment, while the capital, after some years, is to go to the care of veterans.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN 13 : 1774644967
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tontine, Volume 1 written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-23T14:14:00Z with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning 60+ years, beginning on the day Waterloo was won, it is a multigenerational story of 3 families during the Industrial Revolution. Lots of detailed descriptions of life among the varied social classes, it has been likened to stories by Dickens. It’s a very good historical fiction. A tontine is a life insurance scheme, stratified by age. Enrollees received payouts after an initial growth period, the amounts determined by the number of living recipients. Over time, as participants died, the payouts became more and more substantial. Towards the end, when the recipients became a mere handful, all sorts of betting occurred in the general populace on who would be the last survivor.

Author : Moshe A. Milevsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316407314
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King William's Tontine written by Moshe A. Milevsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time before bonds, treasury notes, or central banks, there were tontines. These were schemes in which a group of investors lent money to a government, corporation, or king, similar to a modern-day loan syndicate. But unlike conventional debt, periodic interest payments were distributed only to survivors. As tontine nominees died, the income of survivors correspondingly increased. Morbid, perhaps, but this was one of the earliest forms of longevity insurance in which the pool shared the risk. Moshe A. Milevsky tells the story of the first tontine issued by the English government in 1693, known as King William's tontine, intended to finance the war against French King Louis XIV. He explains how tontines work, the financial and economic thinking behind them, as well as why they fell into disrepute. Milevsky concludes with a provocative argument that suitably modified tontines should be resurrected for twenty-first-century retirement income planning.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Silver Chalice written by Thomas B. Costain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Silver Chalice" by Thomas B. Costain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN 13 : 1774644975
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tontine, Volume 2 written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-23T00:00:00Z with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In volume II of The Tontine, the multigenerational story of 3 families continues. The number of recipients receiving payouts on the life insurance scheme are dying out and the payouts are becoming more and more substantial. Towards the end, when the recipients become a mere handful, all sorts of betting occurs in the general populace on who will be the last survivor. Who wins the tontine and who loses?

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White and the Gold written by Thomas B. Costain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The White and the Gold" (The French Regime in Canada [Canadian History Series #1]) by Thomas B. Costain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307809560
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Century written by Thomas B. Costain and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. "Combines a love of the subject with factual history. . .a great story." —San Francisco Chronicle A History of the Plantagenets includes The Conquering Family, The Magnificent Century, The Three Edwards and The Last Plantagenets.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Rose written by Thomas B. Costain and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Black Rose" by Thomas B. Costain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Timothy Alborn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351576542
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-American Life Insurance, 1800-1914 Volume 1 written by Timothy Alborn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries.

Author : William D. Cohan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241309638
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Wall Street Matters written by William D. Cohan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you like your smartphone or your widescreen TV, your car or your pension, then, whether you know it or not, you are a fan of Wall Street. William D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards, has long been critical of the bad behaviour that plagued much of Wall Street in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, and, as an ex-banker, he is an expert on its inner workings as well. But in recent years he has become alarmed by the vitriol directed at the bankers, traders and executives who keep the wheels of our economy turning. Why Wall Street Matters is a timely and trenchant reminder of the actual good these institutions do and the dire consequences for us all if the essential role they play in making our lives better is carelessly curtailed.