The Dream maker. [electronic resource]
Rufin, Jean-Christophe2013
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"Rufin offers his readers a return . . . to a time when the wildest dreamer
could be a wealthy merchant-Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet" (Les Echos).
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. "The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency
politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant
prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a co...
Main title:
The Dream maker. [electronic resource] / Jean-Christophe. Rufin
Author:
Rufin, Jean-Christophe, Author
Imprint:
New York : : Europa Editions., 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781609451561
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
436069
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |