1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787744503321

Autore

Gupta Tanika

Titolo

The Empress

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Oberon Books : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-350-20941-4

1-84943-836-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Oberon modern plays

Disciplina

822.91

Soggetti

Women, East Indian - England - Social conditions - 19th century

Women, East Indian

Drama & Performance Studies

Plays, playscripts

Drama

England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Royal Shakespeare Company; Cast; Contents; Character; Act One; Act Two; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

It is the Jubilee! Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani and Abdul step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen. The Empress uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th century Britain, the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of our most surprising monarchs.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971779403321

Autore

Knee Jonathan A

Titolo

The accidental investment banker : inside the decade that transformed Wall Street / / Jonathan A. Knee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-992414-7

1-280-84664-X

0-19-804205-1

1-4294-4032-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

332.660973

Soggetti

Investment banking - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A chicken in every pot -- The accidental investment banker -- An empire of its own -- "Let's ask Sydney Weinberg" -- What investment bankers really do -- The culture of M&A -- The rise of John Thornton -- The House of Morgan -- Cracks in the facade -- Drama of the gifted banker -- Take a walk on the buy-side -- "Save the red carpet for the talent" -- View from the top -- The myth of meritocracy -- King of the SLCs -- The long goodbye.

Sommario/riassunto

Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures anexhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst.      Populated with power players, back stabbers, celebrity bankers, and godzillionaires, here is a vivid account of the dramatic upheaval that took place in investment banki