This biography of English goldsmith Thomas Violet uses his dramatic life to explore banking, spying, the English Civil War, economic theories, the Silver trade, and anti-Semitism in early modern England.
By putting a human face on political, social, and economic change, the book provides a vivid view of the seventeenth century\'s seismic changes..
This biography of English goldsmith Thomas Violet uses his dramatic life to explore banking, spying, the English Civil War, economic theories, the Silver trade, and anti-Semitism in early modern England