
From the bulb of a rare flower blooms ambition and scandal Rome 1635. As Flanders braces for another long year of war, a Spanish count presents the Vatican with a means of disrupting the Dutch rebels' booming economy. His plan is brilliant. They just need the right man to implement it. Enter Ludovico da Portovenere, a charismatic spice and silk merchant. Intrigued by the Vatican's proposal-and hun...
Paperback: 414 pages
Publisher: Penmore Press LLC (June 24, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781942756040
ISBN-13: 978-1942756040
ASIN: 1942756046
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 10871220
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Power takes many forms, but in Rome, all forms coalesce in the person of the Pope. In 1635, A rivalry has arisen between the religious power of the Catholic Church and the secular Dutch merchants, for whom love of profit is stronger than fear of a d...
fit-Ludo sets off for Amsterdam. His voyage is interrupted, first by a timid English priest with a message from Rome, then by a storm, then by a pirate raid. The storm brings him a quick-witted young admirer he uses as a spy. The pirate raid brings him a girl, Alina, who won't go home. Each development has significant consequences for Ludo's plans and even greater ones for the people he is involved with. Set in a world of international politics and domestic intrigue, The Chosen Man spins an engrossing tale about the Dutch financial scandal known as tulip mania-and how decisions made in high places can have terrible repercussions on innocent lives. "J.G. Harlond is a real find. The Chosen Man is a novel with everything going for it: a cracking story centered on an intriguing and charismatic hero... the author wants to pull you in and entertain you. And succeeds triumphantly. I'm keeping my fingers crossed there will be more." -- Sarah Harrison author of The Flowers of the Field trilogy