Sea Change

by Robert Goddard | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0552146021 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Sherlockfan of Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on 5/16/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by Sherlockfan from Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, May 16, 2015
It is January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age, the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by his principal creditor, Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must secretly convey an important package to a friend of Janssen's, Ysbrand de Vries, in Amsterdam.

The package safely delivered, Spandrel barely survives an attempt on his life, only to be blamed for the murder of de Vries himself. When de Vries's secretary, his English wife and the package itself go missing shortly afterwards, Spandrel realizes that he has become a pawn in several people's games. British Government agents, and others, are on his trail, believing that the mysterious package contained secret details of the great South Sea scandal - secrets so explosive that their publication could spark a revolution in England.

Spandrel's only chance of survival is to recover the package and place its contents in the right hands. But whose are the right hands? And what exactly are the contents?

Journal Entry 2 by Sherlockfan at Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, May 16, 2015
As always I enjoy Robert Goddard's writing and this was one I had a lot of pleasure from. This is the first novel I've read with the South Sea Bubble as the background although I had a vague idea about the schemes behind the proposals and the human greed lying behind it.

At the moment in New Zealand we have a potential bubble happening in our country especially in relation to the housing market in Auckland. Not quite a scheme but fascinating to watch if you are not desperately wanting to get on the home-owning ladder. Prices are escalating and the pundits are predicting a dramatic collapse in house prices - others say it is simply a question of the Government not regulating the housing market and not building enough houses to keep up with immigration. There is no doubt that with the price of houses rising at around $1000 per fortnight or even per week in really favoured areas speculators can make great profits by turning over properties quickly and investors by rising rental returns.

Can thoroughly recommend this book.

Released 8 yrs ago (5/17/2015 UTC) at Fig Tree Cafe & Delicatessen in Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand

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