STEPHEN R. BOWN has been writing about adventurers, travelers, and explorers for many years. He is the author of "Madness, Betrayal and the Lash; Scurvy; A Most Damnable Invention; "and "Merchant Kings. "He lives in the Canadian Rockies with his wife and two children.
Anyone who wishes to thoroughly understand the development of
today's geopolitical world must read Mr. Bown's 1494. "New York
Journal of Books" Bown's captivating study presents a fresh glimpse
into the origins of the age of exploration and conquest as other
nations challenged the primacy of Spain and Portugal. "Publishers
Weekly" Both a judicious synthesis of the surrounding scholarship
and an entertaining look at the evolution of international law on
the high seas. "Booklist" This is a starry love story, a tale of
seething jealousies and subterfuge, a political imbroglio, and
religious cruelties. It sounds like Shakespeare and it could have
very well been the plot of one of his plays. . . . In the 15th
century, the world began to take shape in the ways we understand it
today. "Toronto Star" One more "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" exhibit
from our strange and wonderful past. . . . "1494" is certainly a
good read. "National Post" "An entertaining and elegantly written
voyage into the treacherous seas of religious fanatics, greedy
slavers, depraved autocrats, doomed indigenous peoples and
desperately brave adventurers in search of fortune." "The Globe &
Mail" A masterful read. "The Washington Times on Merchant Kings"
Engagingly written and refreshingly conversational, "Merchant
Kings" brings a cohesion to such a large and unwieldy historical
period, a period that both led directly to, and remains an integral
part of, so many contemporary economic and political struggles.
"The Post and Courier on Merchant Kings" A chronicle perfectly
relevant to our own time--and ultimately shows us that a market is
free only when those who live and consume within it are protected
from the powerful. "New York Journal of Books on Merchant Kings"
Stephen Bown has ingeniously whittled this multinational history
down to vignettes of six of its more notorious figures. . . . These
characters are as familiar to us as evil storybook characters, yet
as foreign to contemporary business standards as Genghis Khan.
"Timothy Brook, author of Vermeer s Hat, on Merchant Kings" Stephen
Bown tells a fascinating story, one that provides a very different
perspective on the colonial period than that which is to be gleaned
from the usual grocery list of significant events. "The Right
Honourable Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada on Merchant
Kings" A fascinating adventure story with vivid descriptions of
eighteenth-century geopolitics and native and British societies . .
. Stephen Bown is emerging as Canada's Simon Winchester. "The Globe
and Mail on Madness, Betrayal and the Lash" [Bown]'s particularly
good at penning provocative theories that link seemingly modest
events to monumental changes in the course of history. . . . Bown
also has a good eye for the unintended consequences, ironies, and
contradictions that are the product of social and technological
forces of great magnitude. "Publishers Weekly on A Most Damnable
Invention""
Praise for "1494: """ "Anyone who wishes to thoroughly understand
the development of today's geopolitical world must read Mr. Bown's
1494."""--New York Journal of Books" "Bown's captivating study
presents a fresh glimpse into the origins of the age of exploration
and conquest as other nations challenged the primacy of Spain and
Portugal." --"Publishers Weekly""" """Both a judicious synthesis of
the surrounding scholarship and an entertaining look at the
evolution of international law on the high seas." "--Booklist"
"This is a starry love story, a tale of seething jealousies and
subterfuge, a political imbroglio, and religious cruelties. It
sounds like Shakespeare and it could have very well been the plot
of one of his plays. . . . In the 15th century, the world began to
take shape in the ways we understand it today."
-"-Toronto Star
""One more "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" exhibit from our strange
and wonderful past. . . . "1494" is certainly a good read."
--"National Post""" """"An entertaining and elegantly written
voyage into the treacherous seas of religious fanatics, greedy
slavers, depraved autocrats, doomed indigenous peoples and
desperately brave adventurers in search of fortune."""" "--"The
Globe & Mail"
"Praise for "Merchant Kings: " "A masterful read." --"The
Washington Times" "Engagingly written and refreshingly
conversational, "Merchant Kings" brings a cohesion to such a large
and unwieldy historical period, a period that both led directly to,
and remains an integral part of, so many contemporary economic and
political struggles." --"The Post and Courier " "A chronicle
perfectly relevant to our own time--and ultimately shows us that a
market is free only when those who live and consume within it are
protected from the powerful." --"New York Journal of Books
"
"Stephen Bown has ingeniously whittled this multinational history
down to vignettes of six of its more notorious figures. . . . These
characters are as familiar to us as evil storybook characters, yet
as foreign to contemporary business standards as Genghis Khan."
--Timothy Brook, author of "Vermeer's Hat
""Stephen Bown tells a fascinating story, one that provides a very
different perspective on the colonial period than that which is to
be gleaned from the usual grocery list of significant events."
--The Right Honourable Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of
Canada
"A fascinating adventure story with vivid descriptions of
eighteenth-century geopolitics and native and British societies . .
. Stephen Bown is emerging as Canada's Simon Winchester."
--"The Globe and Mail "on "Madness, Betrayal and the Lash
"Praise for "A Most Damnable Invention:
""[Bown]'s particularly good at penning provocative theories that
link seemingly modest events to monumental changes in the course of
history. . . . Bown also has a good eye for the unintended
consequences, ironies, and contradictions that are the product of
social and technological forces of great magnitude."
"--Publishers Weekly "
Praise for "1494: " "Bown's captivating study presents a fresh
glimpse into the origins of the age of exploration and conquest as
other nations challenged the primacy of Spain and Portugal."
--"Publishers Weekly""" """Both a judicious synthesis of the
surrounding scholarship and an entertaining look at the evolution
of international law on the high seas." "--Booklist"
"This is a starry love story, a tale of seething jealousies and
subterfuge, a political imbroglio, and religious cruelties. It
sounds like Shakespeare and it could have very well been the plot
of one of his plays. . . . In the 15th century, the world began to
take shape in the ways we understand it today."
-"-Toronto Star
""One more "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" exhibit from our strange
and wonderful past. . . . "1494" is certainly a good read."
--"National Post""" """"An entertaining and elegantly written
voyage into the treacherous seas of religious fanatics, greedy
slavers, depraved autocrats, doomed indigenous peoples and
desperately brave adventurers in search of fortune."""" "--"The
Globe & Mail"
"Praise for "Merchant Kings: " "A masterful read." --"The
Washington Times" "Engagingly written and refreshingly
conversational, "Merchant Kings" brings a cohesion to such a large
and unwieldy historical period, a period that both led directly to,
and remains an integral part of, so many contemporary economic and
political struggles." --"The Post and Courier " "A chronicle
perfectly relevant to our own time--and ultimately shows us that a
market is free only when those who live and consume within it are
protected from the powerful." --"New York Journal of Books
"
"Stephen Bown has ingeniously whittled this multinational history
down to vignettes of six of its more notorious figures. . . . These
characters are as familiar to us as evil storybook characters, yet
as foreign to contemporary business standards as Genghis Khan."
--Timothy Brook, author of "Vermeer's Hat
Praise for "1494: ""This is a starry love story, a tale of seething
jealousies and subterfuge, a political imbroglio, and religious
cruelties. It sounds like Shakespeare and it could have very well
been the plot of one of his plays. . . . In the 15th century, the
world began to take shape in the ways we understand it today."
"--Toronto Star""One more "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" exhibit from
our strange and wonderful past. . . . "1494" is certainly a good
read." --"National Post"Praise for "Merchant Kings: " "A masterful
read." --"The Washington Times" "Engagingly written and
refreshingly conversational, "Merchant Kings" brings a cohesion to
such a large and unwieldy historical period, a period that both led
directly to, and remains an integral part of, so many contemporary
economic and political struggles." --"The Post and Courier " "A
chronicle perfectly relevant to our own time--and ultimately shows
us that a market is free only when those who live and consume
within
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