A book told in three parts: 1909, 1890, and 1867. It actually starts in 1953 with the funeral of Elizabeth, when Braddock a young journalist in 1909 is handed a sealed document. In 1909 Braddock had been employed by Elizabeth to ostensibly write a biography of John Stone, but actually to find the child mentioned in Stone's will. This contains the stories written by Cort in 1890 and the one written by Stone before he kills himself about his time in Venice in 1867. Stone's fortune is built upon the design for a torpedo that he rescues from the Venetians after MacEwan gets into financial difficulty. It is a surprise to find out that Henry Cort is Elizabeths half-brother and that Stone has married his daughter.
anomalies:
1890 Cort was
trained by Drennan/LeFevre but didn't know him before [Part 2]
1867 Venice – Cort
and Drennan dine together with the Ambassador [Part 3] This is Cort
Pere.
1867 page 468 Cort
stops the man and asks him who are you. The man responds in English
“I am Venice” Next sentence it says that he responded in
Venetian.
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