The award-winning author of Captain Fantom returns with the origin story of the notorious seventeenth-century mercenary. Carlo Fantom spoke thirteen languagesa skill that proved useful as he traveled widely to sell his brutal services to any party who would pay him. This novel, written in the form of his personal memoirs, takes readers on a journey to his younger daysfrom the Croatian farm where he was born and raised to Venice, where he sails to collect a ransom for hostagesand offers both an intriguing look at how his character was formed and an action-packed account of his earliest adventures. ';Reginald Hill's stories must certainly be among the best now being written.' The Times Literary Supplement
ISBN: | 9781504059732 |
Publication date: | 17th December 2019 |
Author: | Hill, Reginald |
Publisher: | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |