# The Tontine

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- Book: [The Tontine](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-b-costain/the-tontine) ([The Tontine.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-b-costain/the-tontine.md))
- Authors: [Thomas B. Costain](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-b-costain), [David Case](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-case)
- Publisher: random_house_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-03-0787-860-1
- Published: 2010-08-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Tontine is a form of gambling - part lottery, part insurance. It begins with the Day the Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends at the closing of the 19th Century.