Alessandro Torlonia
Subtitle: The Pope’s Banker
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Feb 03, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9783319419978
Description: This text provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the decline of Papal power during the Italian Risorgimento.
Notes: Source title: Alessandro Torlonia: The Pope’s Banker (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance)