The dream maker
By: Jean-Christophe Rufin ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781609451424
Subjects: Fiction; History
Work titles: Grand cœur
Description: "Based on the [life] of Jacques Cœur, [this novel] presents the story of a Steve Jobs of the Middle Ages. Cœur was the King of France's visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his public criticism of the Crusades, and his efforts to develop trade and an operable financial system, contributed to bringing France out of darkness and toward the Renaissance and modernity"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.