Millionaire 
Subtitle: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: July 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780684872957
Subjects: Biography: general; Entrepreneurship; Monetary economics; Law, John; Business; Financial Economics (General); Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Historical - General; Biography/Autobiography; Capitalists and financiers; Banks & Banking; Finance; Business & Economics / Finance; Biography; Law, John,; 1671-1729
First sentence: IT IS AN EVENING IN NOVEMBER 1708 IN THE PARISIAN salon of Marie-Anne de Chateauneuf-"La Duclos"-a celebrated actress of Paris's Comedie Francaise, and as usual she is entertaining Parisian society.