Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-407) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: The Supreme Possession 1 -- A Metal for All Seasons -- 1. Get Gold at All Hazards 9 -- 2. Midas's Wish and the Creatures of Pure Chance 18 -- 3. Darius's Bathtub and the Cackling of the Geese 38 -- 4. Symbol and the Faith 52 -- 5. Gold, Salt, and the Blessed Town 66 -- 6. Legacy of Eoba, Babba, and Udd 74 -- 7. Great Chain Reaction 85 -- 8. Disintegrating Age and the Kings' Ransoms 96 -- 9. Sacred Thirst 114 -- Path to Triumph -- 10. Fatal Poison and Private Money 135 -- 11. Asian Necropolis and Hien Tsung's Inadvertent Innovation 158 -- 12. Great Recoinage and the Last of the Magicians 175 -- 13. True Doctrine and the Great Evil 198 -- 14. New Mistress and the Cursed Discovery 219 -- 15. Badge of Honor 239 -- 16. Most Stupendous Conspiracy and the Endless Chain 260 -- Descent From Glory -- 17. Norman Conquest 283 -- 18. End of the Epoch 306 -- 19. Transcending Value 328 -- 20. World War Eight and the Thirty Ounces of Gold 346 -- Epilogue: The Supreme Possession? 367.
