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Devil Money
Stable-boy Billy Barnett falls in with a fugitive murderer, helps him carry out the world’s greatest financial gamble and finds his personal gold mine in the malarial swamps of Louisiana.
Billy’s boss, Scottish exile John Law, becomes the most powerful financier in the man who invented paper money.
Theft, lies and Ponzi schemes, insider-dealing, price-fixing, money-printing, fraud, gambling, reckless speculation, tax avoidance, financial black holes, market-rigging – it was all in a day’s work for Billy Barnett.
When it comes to treason, even Billy has to draw a line – but can he turn paper back into gold?
This historical novel sweeps across war-ravaged Europe and the new-found lands of the Mississippi in the turbulent times at the end of the 17th and start of the 18th centuries, the dawn of the modern age. From the founding of New Orleans to the plots against the British Crown, Billy Barnett struggles with love, greed and loyalty while John Law becomes the most powerful man in Europe and the Duke of Arkansas.
Billy’s boss, Scottish exile John Law, becomes the most powerful financier in the man who invented paper money.
Theft, lies and Ponzi schemes, insider-dealing, price-fixing, money-printing, fraud, gambling, reckless speculation, tax avoidance, financial black holes, market-rigging – it was all in a day’s work for Billy Barnett.
When it comes to treason, even Billy has to draw a line – but can he turn paper back into gold?
This historical novel sweeps across war-ravaged Europe and the new-found lands of the Mississippi in the turbulent times at the end of the 17th and start of the 18th centuries, the dawn of the modern age. From the founding of New Orleans to the plots against the British Crown, Billy Barnett struggles with love, greed and loyalty while John Law becomes the most powerful man in Europe and the Duke of Arkansas.
221 pages, Paperback
Published January 12, 2025
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