This is the story of John Law, a pied piper who led rich and poor alike across the barriers of reason and plunged them into disaster. Was he a genius, wizard or charlatan? Was France victimized by a gigantic fraud perpetrated by a scheming Scotsman? Sex, Money, and Power are the most powerful forces that drive mankind, and John Law was hell bent on having them all. This handsome Scottish adventurer stepped onto the stage of Europe at the dawn of the 18th century to alter forever the shape of international commerce. Born in Edinburgh in 1671, capable of hypnotizing women, monarchs, and whole populations, he escaped the hangmans noose in England to travel the capitals of Europe, received by kings and sovereigns. Daredevil and genius, rake and economist, mathematical wizard, gambler par excellence, womanizer--and most of all: original thinker, the paper money in your pocket, stock market reports, banking credit, stocks, shares and investment systems are all the legacy of this charismatic adventurer. John Law was a real person. His exciting story isproof that truth is stranger than fiction.
P>About the Author: With her second husband, Hollywood screenwriter/author, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Pat Silver-Lasky wrote eight films, 119 TV scripts and four books including the American best-selling historical novel, The Offer, and Love Scene, the acclaimed biography of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Pat directed their play Vivien, in its first production at the Melrose Theatre, Los Angeles, and later in London. Their verse play, Ghost Town won several awards and their British TV series, Philip Marlowe won awards in America and Holland. Pat lectured on script writing at several American Universities and was Script Consultant and Guest Lecturer at the London Film School (1991-1999).- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast