Long before modern banks, credit cards, and international finance, merchants were already finding sophisticated ways to move money across enormous distances. The Silk Road Bankers uncovers the financial world that grew along the Silk Road, where Central Asian traders helped make long-distance commerce possible through credit, partnerships, trusted networks, and ingenious methods of payment.

 

Beyond the caravans and famous trading cities was a financial system built on relationships. Merchants had to trust partners they might never meet, settle debts across distant markets, and protect wealth while moving goods through some of the most challenging landscapes in the ancient world. Their success helped connect communities from Central Asia to Persia, India, China, and beyond.

 

This book brings that lesser-known side of Silk Road history into view, showing that the ancient world was connected not only by goods and ideas, but also by money, trust, and financial ingenuity.

Barbara Cartland was the most prolific and popular romantic author of the Twentieth Century enchanting millions of readers with her unequalled tales of pure romance, dashing heroes, beautiful heroines, and of course, her trademark happy endings.



Now, as a tribute to Her Majesty the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee and to Barbara’s enduring appeal to romantics everywhere, her publishers have launched her past collection - The Eternal Collection.



The collection includes - Elizabethan Lover, The Little Pretender, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and A Duel of Hearts which were all in circulation at the time Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952. The books are available at the Kindle Store at Amazon.co.uk – or from Amazon.com.



Ian McCorquodale, Barbara Cartland’s son, said, “My mother would have been so delighted that modern technology can now make her glorious and timeless romances so readily available to new generations of readers all over the world.” weniger anzeigen expand_less