Liaquat Ahamed

Praise for Lords of Finance

'Highly readable... [Ahamed] cannot have foreseen how timely his book would be.

Niall Ferguson, FT

'Fascinating... a brisk, original, incisive and entertaining account of a crucial time in the world's economic history that continues to affect us all today. Anyone who wants to understand t ...

Michael Beschloss

One of those rare books - authoritative, readable and relevant - that puts the "story" back into history... a spellbinding, richly human [and] cinematic narrative.

Strobe Talbott

'Highly readable... [Ahamed] cannot have foreseen how timely his book would be.

Niall Ferguson, FT

'Fascinating... a brisk, original, incisive and entertaining account of a crucial time in the world's economic history that continues to affect us all today. Anyone who wants to understand t ...

Michael Beschloss

One of those rare books - authoritative, readable and relevant - that puts the "story" back into history... a spellbinding, richly human [and] cinematic narrative.

Strobe Talbott

'Highly readable... [Ahamed] cannot have foreseen how timely his book would be.

Niall Ferguson, FT

'Fascinating... a brisk, original, incisive and entertaining account of a crucial time in the world's economic history that continues to affect us all today. Anyone who wants to understand t ...

Michael Beschloss

One of those rare books - authoritative, readable and relevant - that puts the "story" back into history... a spellbinding, richly human [and] cinematic narrative.

Strobe Talbott