Jean-Christophe Rufin

The Dream Maker

Buch

After a brilliant career as a trader, Jacques Coeur was summoned to the court of Charles VII and appointed Master of the Mint in 1436. He rose to become the King of France's visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his opposition to the crusades, and his efforts to develop trade, brought France out of the darkness toward the Renaissance and modernity. At the height of his success, his ill-considered infatuation with Agnès Sorel, King Charles VII's favorite mistress, precipitated Coeur's fall from grace.In Rufin's delectable prose this true story becomes a gripping tale of adventure, a novel of ideas, and a moving love story. Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-60945-142-4
EAN: 9781609451424
Produktnummer: 14729522
Verlag: Europa Editions
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 434 S.
Masse: H21.5 cm x B13.8 cm x D3.6 cm 640 g
Gewicht: 640
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Jean-Christophe Rufin is one of the founders of Doctors Without Borders and a former Ambassador of France in Senegal. He has written numerous bestsellers, including The Abyssinian, for which he won the Goncourt Prize for a debut novel in 1997. He also won the Goncourt Prize in 2001 for Brazil Red.Alison Anderson's translations for Europa Editions include novels by Sélim Nassib, Amélie Nothomb, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. She is the translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008) and The Life of the Elves (Europa, 2016) by Muriel Barbery.