{"product_id":"a-fortune-in-minutes-janet-goldfinch-9798281631709","title":"A Fortune in Minutes","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book resurrects James Banks, 1661-1729, \u003c\/b\u003e one of life's rarities who climbed an honest ladder to success.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mid-17th century has been a fury of civil war, of animosities which tear families apart, of murderous religious dissension. Troubles invade even the Yorkshire hamlet where the boy, James Banks, is born. His father, who fought on the Cromwellian side, present owner of a stinking tannery, is as turbulent as his times. There is little peace here.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in the wider world of towns such as Nottingham, where James and his elder brother William are apprenticed as watchmakers, new ways of thinking and innovative ideas are springing from the chaos. New sects, showing men new paths to follow, arise, take root or fail. In these more peaceful times, trade flourishes. To the men who engage in it, the precise measurement of time becomes important. And trade generates money, money that presents its own problem in the very bulk and portage of it. Nottingham, built on sandstone, with its honeycomb of caves, is an ideal spot. Banking is born.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames becomes prosperous. But what to do with all this wealth? Should he leave it to family in the accepted way? Or bequeath it elsewhere? If he does the latter, there will be consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Goldfinch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798281631709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Janet Goldfinch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169815109887,"sku":"9798281631709","price":14.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fortune-in-minutes-janet-goldfinch-9798281631709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}