Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900
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Merchant Kings is a historical book recounted from the somewhat neutral perspective of the modern scholar, looking back at the events that shaped the past. Brown is a good storyteller with an ear for the interesting facts and his explanations are rooted in earlier histories, but he handles digressions well, and keeps his stories tight.
Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900