'An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered
judiciously ... [Kynaston's] portrait of a globally influential
institution is, in characteristic style, rendered on an entertainingly
human scale' The Times
'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state, ' Adam Smith
declared of the Bank of England in 1776, which for over 320 years has
been central to British history. Yet to most people, despite its
increasingly high profile, its history is largely unknown.
Till Time's Last Sand is the first authoritative and accessible
single-volume history of the Bank of England, from the Bank's founding
in 1694 to Mark Carney's appointment as Governor in 2013. This history
addresses the important debates about the Bank's purpose and modes of
operation. Yet this is also a narrative that does full justice to the
leading episodes and characters of the Bank, while taking care to evoke
a real sense of the place itself, with its often distinctively domestic
side.
Deploying an array of piquant and revealing material from the Bank's
rich archives, this is a multi-layered and insightful portrait of one of
our most important national institutions, from one of our leading
historians.