Frieda - The Mystery of Jonathan Ward

By Cornelis de Jong

In the 1820s, former Royal Navy Lieutenant Jonathan Ward amassed a great fortune in the Americas. From his estates at Bahia in the Brazils he exported coffee and cacao from the New World to the Old. For four years now, no more has been heard from him. What has happened to him? And if he should have perished, who are his heirs? With the fledgling Kingdom of Brazil in turmoil, with lawless gangs led by ruthless warlords taking possession of outlying regions of Amazonia; factions, noble and brigand, on the Continent and in the Americas, are scheming to lay their hands on this capital locked up in banks in Brazil, Portugal and London. Who are these avaricious villains vying and plotting with one another to lay their hands on that money? And if it has been four years, what are they waiting for? Whatever it is, they cannot have expected a slip of a girl, just turned eighteen, to come looking for him, simply because she thought it might just be an interesting thing to do. Frieda, wealthy, independent and remarkably intelligent, sets out from England to find out what happened to Jonathan Ward; but more than that, to find herself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9081547356
• ISBN13: 9789081547352
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: C.A. de Jong
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"