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Review: Biography of legendary Economist editor is worthy of its subject

The prose in US conservative finance writer James Grant's biography of the influential Victorian sparkles

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Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
By James Grant

James Grant’s rigidly conservative writings, in his long-running newsletter and elsewhere, are a beacon of hope to those lonely travellers who are suspicious of, or hostile to, modern contrivances like fiat currency.

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