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Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Rogue

David McKie

Jabez Spencer Balfour was a businessman, philanthropist, politician, temperance campaigner and charmer. He was also an astonishing scoundrel - a liar, adulterer and cheat - who perpetrated the most destructive fraud of the 19th century.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Costa Book Awards: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyBusiness BiographyPolitical BiographyBiography & Public Lives

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Costa Book Awards: Biography2004FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Jabez Spencer Balfour78%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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