abstract:The Last of the Barons is a historical novel by the English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton first published in 1843. Its plot revolves around the power struggle between the English King Edward IV and his powerful minister Earl of Warwick.
It was often said that enlightened self-interest would push Russia's robber barons, like their American counterparts in thelast century, into seeing the merits of a properly enforceable legal framework to regulate both business and politics.