The Land of Three Houses

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book The Land of Three Houses by J. Thomas Brown, Austin Macauley
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Author: J. Thomas Brown ISBN: 9781370726844
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publication: March 11, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: J. Thomas Brown
ISBN: 9781370726844
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Publication: March 11, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

William Sterner is seeking the better life but makes mistakes along his way. The novel begins in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s, in a place called Nockamixon by the Lenape, meaning Land of Three Houses. He elopes with the daughter of a wealthy British sympathizer, Mary Bartholomew, and they run away to start a flour mill on the Wissahickon River near Philadelphia. Their mill is a success; William buys a ship, filling the hold with 800 barrels of Pennsylvania flour to sell in Livorno, Italy.

When he reaches Livorno, Napoleon had arrived just before him, and his ship and crew are captured by the French. As he negotiates to win them back, he meets the notorious writer, Madame de Staёl, succumbing to her charms. Madame de Staёl once said, “In matters of the heart, only the improbable is true.” The improbable becomes true, and he must learn what really matters in life.

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William Sterner is seeking the better life but makes mistakes along his way. The novel begins in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s, in a place called Nockamixon by the Lenape, meaning Land of Three Houses. He elopes with the daughter of a wealthy British sympathizer, Mary Bartholomew, and they run away to start a flour mill on the Wissahickon River near Philadelphia. Their mill is a success; William buys a ship, filling the hold with 800 barrels of Pennsylvania flour to sell in Livorno, Italy.

When he reaches Livorno, Napoleon had arrived just before him, and his ship and crew are captured by the French. As he negotiates to win them back, he meets the notorious writer, Madame de Staёl, succumbing to her charms. Madame de Staёl once said, “In matters of the heart, only the improbable is true.” The improbable becomes true, and he must learn what really matters in life.

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