Mammon’s Kingdom: An Essay on Britain, Now by David Marquand, book review – Independent May 17, 2014 by Fulcrum His theme is the commercialisation of our culture and institutions. This has been most destructive since the Thatcher years, but, fine historian that he is, he shows that the roots lie much earlier, with the close link between finance and the state since Hanoverian times. Review by Kenneth O Morgan. Independent. 15 May 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare