The Trade Secret - Brossura

Newman, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1908885904 ISBN 13: 9781908885906

Casa editrice: Cargo Pub Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

A swashbuckling, rolicking tale of espionage, intrigue, and adventure, that also smartly investigates the pervasive forces of corporations and capitalism

Elizabethean England is a Golden Age of trade and art; merchants and poets from across the world pack London’s streets. There’s a new commodity people need—oil. And young Nat Bramble knows just where to get it. Nat and Darius Nouredini, a poet in a wrestler’s body, set off in search of the secret oil well under the abandoned Temple of Mithras in Persia. But their venture lights a trail of fire which will follow Nat all the way back to England, where he becomes caught in the crossfire of a war between the crown and the first corporations of London.

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Recensione:

A rollicking Elizabethan yarn that has much to say about the origins and nature of modern capitalism. Newman s weaving of fact and fiction is really quite deft. --The Guardian

It has pace, imagination and humour... it partly flows too from a prior fascination with the history of oil, if that sounds like potentially hard-work, be assured that a lightness of touch prevails. You can see the book being brought to life quite easily on the stage. --The Telegraph

An historical adventure that will also leave you thinking... ambitious, an investigation into the pervasive forces of corporations, class and capitalism. --The Skinny

L'autore:

Robert Newman is an author, a comedian, and an activist. He was the first comedian to sell out Wembley Stadium, and is the author of three previous novels, includingThe Fountain at the Center of the World.

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• Editore: Cargo Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1908885904
• ISBN 13: 9781908885906
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 299