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Overview
William Sterner is seeking the better life but makes mistakes along his way. The novel begins in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s, in a place called Nockamixon by the Lenape, meaning Land of Three Houses. He elopes with the daughter of a wealthy British sympathizer, Mary Bartholomew, and they run away to start a flour mill on the Wissahickon River near Philadelphia. Their mill is a success; William buys a ship, filling the hold with 800 barrels of Pennsylvania flour to sell in Livorno, Italy.
When he reaches Livorno, Napoleon had arrived just before him, and his ship and crew are captured by the French. As he negotiates to win them back, he meets the notorious writer, Madame de Staёl, succumbing to her charms. Madame de Staёl once said, ""In matters of the heart, only the improbable is true."" The improbable becomes true, and he must learn what really matters in life.
When he reaches Livorno, Napoleon had arrived just before him, and his ship and crew are captured by the French. As he negotiates to win them back, he meets the notorious writer, Madame de Staёl, succumbing to her charms. Madame de Staёl once said, ""In matters of the heart, only the improbable is true."" The improbable becomes true, and he must learn what really matters in life.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781788232340 |
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Publisher: | Austin-Macauley Publishers Ltd |
Publication date: | 03/30/2018 |
Pages: | 234 |
Product dimensions: | 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.49(d) |
About the Author
J. Thomas Brown lives in Richmond, Virginia, USA with his wife, Deborah, two cats and a dog. They have raised three children and have four grandchildren. He has coproduced local TV writing shows and coordinated poetry readings at the Richmond Public Library, Richmond, Virginia. His short stories have appeared in The Zoo Fence and the Scarlet Leaf Review. J Thomas's poems are due for publication in the River City Poets Anthology (2018) and his short story, "Breaking Them with Words," will be published in Everywhere Stories: Fiction for a Small Planet, Volume III, in November of 2018.
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