Shredded: Inside RBS, The Bank That Broke Britain

This is the definitive account of the Royal Bank of Scotland scandal.

For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh—based giant — having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin — crashed to earth.

In Shredded, Ian Fraser explores the series of cataclysmic misjudgments, the toxic internal culture and the 'light tou...