Early Access! Chapter 5: One Little Green Ledger
Added 2015-04-24 16:43:17 +0000 UTCNow that the South Sea Bubble has popped, what happens to the people who profited from it? It all depends on one man with a little green ledger. P.S. If you're a $5 patron, make sure you check your feed! The vote for a future topic is going on now, and last month many of you did not see the notification, so please look for it!
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To me, this is why I've always loved history so much. When done well, it's just "Story time for grown-ups." And I loved story time!
Extra History
2015-04-27 03:13:25 +0000 UTCHahaha! Please do; then Walpole's infamy will live on in modern memes. ;)
Extra History
2015-04-27 03:08:40 +0000 UTCSounds like James was working from a physical version of the text, but I'm looking for an electronic version and I'll post it on the Patron feed if I find one!
Extra History
2015-04-27 03:08:05 +0000 UTCWell that was depressing, history rhythms again.
Farzad Mansouri
2015-04-25 05:59:17 +0000 UTCI would love to read the Walpole letters you spoke of. Where can I do that?
Alexander Medeiros
2015-04-25 02:26:51 +0000 UTCThe South Sea Company has a new name now. It's called Wall Street, and it's doing the same crap it did centuries ago.
Michael Jebbett
2015-04-25 01:42:02 +0000 UTCTo be fair, I'm just surprised nobody lost his head for this whole "crashing the national economy" business. And after all this shenanigans England still somehow ended up ruling most of the world.
Michael Waisfeld
2015-04-24 23:29:54 +0000 UTCI can't believe that you guys make the political maneuvering of World War One, and the economic turmoil of the South Seas Bubble as exciting as the Sengoku, or Roman warfare
Alan Haskayne
2015-04-24 22:40:58 +0000 UTCHilariously presented. "It was Walpole."
Stephen
2015-04-24 19:52:17 +0000 UTCand this folks is why extreme financing can be rather cool. I really am amazed the amount of craziness that came from this chapter of history
Teollinc
2015-04-24 19:13:39 +0000 UTCi'm going to have to start bringing "it was walpole!" into conversations
Keith Richards
2015-04-24 19:02:18 +0000 UTCNice tie-up to the South Sea Bubble. I have really enjoyed this series, and it has been a pleasure to see how you have managed to make a subject that could very easy have been dull or dreary into something like a bi-weekly heist mini-series
Christian Jensen
2015-04-24 18:53:17 +0000 UTCThat was fantastic! I love the way you guys present these things!
Stormy Weather
2015-04-24 18:38:26 +0000 UTC"Someone.." It was always Walpole.
Mapguru
2015-04-24 18:06:04 +0000 UTC"It's a good lesson... I hope we learn it someday". Classic.
Bibi
2015-04-24 17:08:38 +0000 UTC"It was walpole". This was hilarious and informative, I loved this series guys and can't wait for the next! <3
Zoe Alleyne
2015-04-24 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
