A book about a pioneer of accounting in Australia which reveals a life touched by scandal, embezzlement, imprisonment, mutiny, business wheeling and dealing, shipwreck and a mysterious death.
Dr John Booker was Group Archivist for Lloyds TSB Group in London. He is the author of several books and eight commissions for The New Dictionary of National Biography.
"And they [Booker & Craig] have produced a meticulous and
beautifully written work of democratic history, exhaustive (but not
exhausting) in its attention to detail." --Australian Book
Review
"The result of Dr John Booker and Professor Russell Craig's work is
not only painstakingly researched but is written with warmth and
love of their subject. Congratulations to them both and to all the
people who helped produce this compelling and very human story. It
is a must read." --Jeanette Ridgway, Magazine for Lloyds TBS
Retired Staff--Stable Companion, Issue 42, UK
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