'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state, ' Adam Smith declared of the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and throughout almost all that time it has been central to British history. Yet to most people, despite its increasingly high profile, its history is largely unknown.
PROLOGUE: It Must Now Necessarily be a Bank
Chapter 1: Services to the Nation
Chapter 2: A Great Engine of State
Chapter 3: A Steady and Unremitting Attention
Chapter 4: An Elderly Lady in the City
Chapter 6: The Effects of Tight Lacing
Chapter 7: Matters of Conduct and Behaviour
Chapter 8: Money Will Not Manage Itself
Chapter 9: Wonderfully Youthful in Spirit – Considering
Chapter 15: Entering from Stage Right
Chapter 17: Serious Misgivings
Chapter 18: Welcome and Long Overdue
POSTSCRIPT: You Just Don’t Know When