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The Tontine is a book written by Thomas B. Costain. Published in 1955, it tells the story of a tontine held during the closing years of the 19th century.
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This story of a tontine (a strange and enticing form of gamble, part lottery, part insurance) begins with the day when the battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the nineteenth century was drawing to a close.... It is above everything else, therefore, a story of great variety: for although it marches briskly ahead with the interweaving narrative of the lives of its main characters, it takes time also to linger in the backwash of change, in the dingy squares, the inns, the coaching yards and railway stations, in the greenrooms and courts and jails of a colorful century.
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Book I: A Very Bad Man Has a Very Good Idea[]
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Book II: The Tall Young Men[]
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Book III: The Colossus[]
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Book IV: A Singular Coincidence[]
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Book V: Hard Times are Coming[]
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Book VI: The Good Idea Leads to Much Violence and Some Excitement[]
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