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A remarkable, it spans decades and continents - from the dusty streets of Mexico to the sparkling waters off the coast of Morocco, to the Straits of Gibraltar and Spain - in a story encompassing sensuality and cruelty, love and betrayal, and life and death.

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This is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of 'Half-Cocked Jack' Shaftoe - London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary king of the vagabonds - risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance.

While the French Army in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back at Saigon a young and high-minded American begins to channel economic aid to a 'Third Force.' The narrator, a seasoned foreign correspondent, is forced to observe: 'I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.' As young Pyle's policies blunder on into blookshed, the older man finds it impossible to stand aside as an observer. But his motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and to himself: for Pyle has robbed him of his Annamite mistress.

Sholokhov's story of the years in which the Russia of today was created...Here are the peasants of the Don steppes, barbarous, compassionate, unpredictable, portrayed with astounding vitality and eloquence.

The biography of Tom Payne, one of the last independent prospectors. 214 pages.