In this suspenseful literary fantasy, two men on a ship bound for Great Britain face the wrath of disturbed spirits after raiding the Parthenon. On September 15, 1802, the English brig Mentor sailed from Piraeus, its hold filled with the "Elgin Mar...
A short novel of the tragically brief pre-history of steam engines and coffee in renaissance Venice.
"A fine, funny trans-historical adventure, so well-furnished and well-wrought it seems more true than the more boring truth. Read it with a dou...