Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman Finance having taken a battering from

having taken a battering from the conservative press

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This tour de force - published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth - provides a fresh overview and a wealth of material that has never been revealed to the wider public before

Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman Finance having taken a battering fromFrom the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster. 'A rich social history Paxman's book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'Vividly told Paxman's fine narrative powers are at their best' THE TIMES Coal is the commodity that made Britain. Dirty and polluting though it is, this black rock has acted as a midwife to genius. It drove industry, religion, politics, empire and trade. It