John Law: Money to Burn
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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?
John Law was the Scotsman who invented the concept of paper money and banking and became Comptroller of France. Though his principles were solid, the corruption of the French court led to the disaster known as The Mississippi Bubble. A dashing hero, dark villains, physical and political conflict, dangerous duels and harrowing escapes, exotic locales, beautiful and dangerous women, sex, corruption, betrayal, heroism and tragedy.
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 hangman's 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 is proof that truth is stranger than fiction.
Pat Silver-Lasky
Pat Silver-Lasky wrote as a team with her late husband, Hollywood screen writer/author, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. (son of the film pioneer whose company Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company produced the first full-length motion picture in Hollywood, 'The Squaw Man'. Jesse, Jr. wrote over 50 films, 8 for C.B. DeMille, including 'The Ten Commandments' and 'Samson and Delilah' - both, on the top 10 all-time box office hits.)Pat wrote 8 films, nearly 100 TV scripts, (including award winning HBO series, 'Philip Marlowe' with Jesse. Born in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., she attended the University of Washington, Stanford University and Reed College - where she produced and directed their first play. She also appeared in feature roles in films and played leading and co-starring roles on television, and directed for the theatre in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Pat also wrote lyrics for two films at Columbia Studios, had 14 published songs, including "While You're Young" for Johnny Mathis's album, "Portrait of Johnny".Pat moved to London in the 1960’s and has duel citizenship. In 1987 she and Jesse wrote the play, 'Vivien', based on their book, "Love Scene", the story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Pat directed its highly acclaimed first production at the Melrose Theatre, Los Angeles and the London Rehearsed Reading in 1992. Pat has contributed to various British antique journals, written short stories for international magazines including a 1999 series for A World of Romance. She was lecturer on screenwriting at the London Film School for 9 years. Her book, 'Screenwriting For The 21st Century' was published by BT Batsford Books in March, 2004. 'Ride The Tiger', OuroborusBooks.biz, 2012 is an erotic thriller about a Hollywood actress. 'Scams Schemes Scumbags' 2013, is a light-hearted look at comment through the ages, was written with Peter Betts.With Jesse, Pat wrote the American Best Seller 'The Offer', first published by Doubleday in 1981. This exciting new Smashwords ebook edition (November 2013, 252,556 words) has been updated with an added timeline. The epic novel follows the lives of two families, one Arab and one Jewish. Historical figures mingle with vivid fictional characters in their entwined destinies.
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