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At his London home, John Stone falls out of a window to his death. A financier and arms dealer, Stone was a man so wealthy that he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents. Did he jump, was he pushed, or was it merely a tragic accident? His alluring and enigmatic widow hires a young crime reporter to investigate. The story moves backward in time--from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890 and finally to Venice in 1867--and the attempts to uncover the truth play out against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. Stone's Fall is a tale of love and frailty, as much as it is of high finance and skulduggery. The mixture, then, as now, is an often fatal combination.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780385522854
  • ISBN-10: 0385522851
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: June 2010
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 608

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