A nation panics. Closure of the banks and the 1825 aftershock.
Following the French Wars, Britain’s future should have been full of confidence: “The half century from 1775 to 1825 saw the …
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The 19th century Godfather of North Kent.
(The following notes suggest a different theory regarding the structure and operations of smuggling networks around North Kent, especially Seasalter …
Napoleon and the ‘City of Smugglers’ 1810–1814
In the final years of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon allowed English smugglers entry into the French ports of Dunkirk …
Baldock’s smuggling legacy Part 3: What lies in dark cellars?
Small, almost insignificant details of a Last Will and Testament can often lead to hidden parts of a person’s life …
Napoleon’s affairs with the bankers and smugglers
At the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century free traders went about their business more or …
Naughty Mr Rothschild. Was he caught in the act?
It was often a fine line that financiers and bankers trod in their dealings. The Rothschilds appear to have walked …
Trading in dark pools. The strange life of a Georgian bullion banker.
The mysterious sounding term ‘dark pools trading‘ is not a new idea. Certainly, a version of it was around in Nathan …
The price of war in Georgian England
The punitive tax regime that encouraged smuggling at every level of society needs to be seen in context to the …
A bullish attitude towards smuggling in the 18th century.
It doesn’t take much research to realise that smuggling was an activity that could be both professional (large-scale planned ‘free …
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