Hunt for white gold
By: Mark Keating
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9781407473222
Subjects: Fiction; Chinese Porcelain; Pirates; History
Description: Sold by his father for four guineas, Patrick Devlin knows just how cheap life is in a world of slavery, violence and greed. Devlin is taken as a servant by Captain John Coxon of the Royal Navy, whose job in this uneasy peace time is to protect the stupendous wealth of the East India Trading Company.
Notes: "With untold wealth at stake, pirates, noblemen, secret agents all join the ... "Cover.