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It is January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest fina ncial scandal of the age, the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spa ndrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a di...
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It is January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest fina ncial scandal of the age, the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spa ndrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by Sir The odore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he mu st secretly convey an important package to a friend of Janssen's, Ysbrand d e Vries, in Amsterdam. The package safely delivered, Spandrel barely survives an attempt on his li fe, only to be blamed for the murder of de Vries himself. When de Vries's s ecretary, his English wife and the package go missing shortly afterwards, S pandrel realises that he has become a pawn in several people's games. Briti sh Government agents, and others, are on his trail, believing that the myst erious package contains secrets that could spark a revolution in England. Spandrel's only chance of survival is to recover the package and place its contents in the right hands. But whose are the right hands And what exactl y are the contents Once again 'the master of suspense' draws the reader into a web of irresistible narrative, this time set in an age remote from our own, yet in some respects strangely familiar.
Product Info
ISBN: 0552146021
ISBN-13: 9780552146029
Publisher: Bantam Books, Incorporated
Year: 2002
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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