Martin Parker

Valerie Hamilton

This little book tells the truthful story of how the Bank of England actually came into being. It is a story of pirates, treasure, random good fortune and sheer determination. This is an institution founded on risk, daring and imagination. The tale is entangled with that of the early novel, in particular the fortunes of one Moll Flanders, an entrepreneur of sexual relations in the growing London market for capital in the early eighteenth century. These accounts are woven together with the life-stories of Daniel Defoe and William Paterson, founders of two of the key institutions of our modern age, the novel and the corporation. This reveals connections which are nowadays forgotten, and which the fractured specialisms of ‘Literature’, ‘History’ and ‘Business’ can rarely see. These tales are set against the backdrop of the long eighteenth century - fervent years of inventiveness, high risk gambling, and political revolution. The authors show that the dark arts of deceit, and the credibility of fictions, are requirements for any creative enterprise, and that all organizations are fictions.

The Dark Arts of Projectors

Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England

Emily & Jack’s Dress Up Basket and The Best Day Ever!

During a snow blizzard, Emily, Jack, cousins and friends find themselves back to where their best ever adventures begin... this time.. Meet snotter rotter and lydia pott, Loo rolls in a stormy sky, They must break free and not be caught, By smelly butts or they will die. The Snotter Rotter and Bunny, BeePee have been here in my books from the start but(t) you're about to meet others whose names make scents like... Hugh Jass, Maida Smellie and Wilf Art.

Valerie Hamilton

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