Hunt for White Gold
$50.14
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2011
Summary
Made in China and imported by the East India Company for the kings, queens and rising middle classes of Europe, porcelain has become the most valuable commodity in the West. They call it white gold.
The secret method of its manufacture would make a millionarie of the man who discovered it or a great power of the nation which held it.and now that closely-guarded formula has been smuggled out of China in a letter which half the world is chasing - including servant-tur…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340992715 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340992719 |
| Author: | Mark Keating |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Patrick Devlin |
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THE PIRATE DEVLIN is top quality historical fiction. Mark Keating knows his period inside-out and his stylish prose and devilish plot fold it into a gripping read. This is the start of something big. - Harry Sidebottom, author of Warrior of Rome
A superbly imagined, vividly written debut. Devlin is set to become the Sharpe of the high seas. - Saul David, author of Zulu HartDevlin is an anti-hero to savour … fearless and flawed, ruthless and roguish but with all the endearing honour that traditionally flourishes among fictional thieves. - Lancashire Evening PostKeating’s latest novel continues his insight into the pirate life with technical seafaring detail, bloody sea battles, treasure hunts and exotic settings. High adventure does not get much better than this. - Sunday Canberra Timesa swashbuckling 18th Century adventure … sure to delight both fans of Sharpe and Hornblower - Peterborough Evening TelegraphAbout The Author
Mark Keating
Mark Keating was born in North London and has spent most of his life working around the South East selling everything from comic-books to champagne. He now lives and works in Windsor, Berkshire with his partner and son.
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