Millionaire 
Subtitle: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: July 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780684872964
Subjects: Historical - General; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Banks & Banking; Finance; History / Modern / General; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; Business
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.