1800 - The Great Century

By Gianfranco Menghini

In this 1800 - THE GREAT CENTURY, Eric and his wife's, the international Fusoco shipping company is expanding exponentially thanks to the entrepreneurial initiative and acumen of the beautiful Virginie, with blue eyes and a volitional character. Laura the ancient lover of the Ligurian hills, now become a true Parisian, gives Eric a daughter: Pauline. Napoleon, happily transported from Ajaccio to Frejus under the careless eyes of the English fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Keith, in recognition of the unexpected help received at an unhappy moment in his career as an army leader, grants Eric the marketing, during the second Italian campaign, of one hundred and fifty paintings of great value executed by the most eminent Italian artists, offered by the newborn Cisalpine Republic, in exchange for the official recognition as the main institution of the future Italy. Although already rich, Eric gets an astronomical gain. In the attack on Rue Ni aise in Paris, there is a twist that will enrich the narrative of the second part of the novel. Immediately after that bloody event, which will have some catastrophic consequences, Eric and Guillaume go with the sailing ship Virginia, commanded by the incomparable Captain Williams, in Tangier, Morocco, where they built eight specimens of the special long-range cannons invented by the brilliant Jardine. The daring adventures first with the Algerian pirates, then the clash with an English naval squad and, finally, the crossing to France hampered by a frightening storm in the Gulf of Lion that drags the ship up to Sardinia, will force the commander to continue towards the quiet gulf of Cosmopolis, on the Island of Elba to repair the damages to the hull and take advantage to have two guns stably mounted in the belly of the ship, to defend itself from other probable attacks on the return journey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085KR3XDJ
• ISBN13: 9798618368278
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"