<p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE<br>A Financial Times Book of the Year<br>A Sunday Times Book of the Year<br><br>________________________________________<br><br>'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' Peter Frankopan, Spectator<b...