Edward Chancellor studied history in Great Britain at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. In the early 1990s he worked for the investment bank Lazard Brothers. He is a freelance journalist, and lives in London.
The subtle ways in which individual investors become drawn into crowd behavior is a much studied phenomenon, covered brilliantly in the book <i>Devil Take the Hindmost</i>. <b><i>The Daily Telegraph</i> (London)</b> The South Sea Company is one of the great bubble and crash stories. Many books have referred to it. One of the finest is <i>Devil Take the Hindmost</i>. <b>Debashis Basu, <i>Money Life</i></b><b></b> Excellent. <b><i>City A.M.</i></b> [An]essential history of financial manias. <b><i>The Observer</i></b> A lively history of speculative manias and bubbles by a British banker turned writer. <b>Susan Adams, <i>Forbes</i></b>