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On to the shelves.

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It's 1721, the great South Sea Bubble has collapsed**, and a mapmaker, heavily in debt, is persuaded by his debtor that he must travel to Holland and deliver a package. Turns out it contains a green book listing all those government officials who had been bribed to help investors make money from the bubble.

It was interesting to consider that time period of which I have read many books. This takes place in England, Holland, Switzerland, Germany and Italy as several groups pursue the rogues who stole the "green" book, which itself had been purloined. However, it omitted to present the travelling conditions, housing, how people lived, etc., in the early eighteenth century. Instead, the focus seems solely on the characters and the chase. While this tale of intrigue is set within the context of the South Sea Bubble it concerns itself less with the Bubble and its consequences than with a couple of bit actors caught in its wake. It becomes somewhat convoluted and the main character makes some questionable decisions. Politics, power, and love all got in the way at times of good decision making. It took me too long to read.

Release #254 for 2022..