6/12/2023 0 Comments The Great Gambler by Claude CueniAt the height of his career, Law was an advisor to the the King of France, Louis XIV, The Sun King, and also owner of the Mississippi Corporation, with vast holdings in the Americas, and thus the wealthiest man of his time. But he is best known as the inventor of modern finance and architect of the most catastrophic financial crash in history. He was also a mathematical genius, a masterful gambler, a duelist, murderer, womanizer and lover. In this colorful historical novel set in 17th century England, France and Italy, Cueni tells the story of John Law of Lauriston, the man who invented paper money. The second volume is "The Great Game", released in 2006. The story of a celtic druid in Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars has been translated into numerous languages. The first part of this trilogy, "Caesar's Druid", was an international success. His main work is his monumental 1500-page trilogy about "money, gods and passion" which tells the history of money. Since then he has published crime novels, radioplays, plays and wrote more than 50 screenplays for film and TV ("Tatort", "Eurocops", "Peter Strohm", "Der Clown", "Alarm für Cobra 11"), which were broadcast in 46 countries. Ten years without any success as a writer. Two dozen temporary jobs, which always also served to obtain information for writing: a salesman in a gun shop, assistant to a criminal court, secretary of an Iranian merchant, waiter, baggage porter at a station, archivist at an insurance company, copywriter at GGK. Dropped out of school to become a writer.
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