Around a winter campfire in the Selkirks, three men talk about how greatness appears. The stories that follow trace a single line of descent from a Norse king’s son through centuries of obscure lives, among them a Flemish wife and adventurers and soldiers of many nations, each carrying the spark that will flower at last in an American president.
Linked historical tales by the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, ambitious in scope and rich in period colour. Download the free EPUB.
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