The Sugar Merchant

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This complex and fascinating portrait of medieval life will appeal to history devotees.</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Publishers Weekly</span></p><p><strong><em>The Sugar Merchant</em> combines medieval lore with adventures on land and sea stirring romance arcane information about daily life in Europe in with the time frame and all-encompassing religious tolerance that has significance for today's world.</strong> Chanticleer Book Reviews</p><p>When Thomas's family is annihilated in a raid his life changes forever. Wandering for days starving and hopeless he is rescued by a monk and is taken to live at the abbey of Eynsham. There he receives a curious education training to be a scholar a merchant and a spy. His mission: to develop commerce in Muslim lands and dispatch vital information to the Holy See.</p><p>His perilous adventures during the 11th century's commercial revolution will take him far from his cloistered life to the great trading cities of Almeria Amalfi Alexandria and Cairo.</p><p>But the world in which he lives is chaotic. Struggling with love and loss faith and fortune can Thomas carry out his secret mission before conflict overtakes him?</p><p>Spanning the tumultuous medieval worlds of Judaism Christianity and Islam <em>The Sugar Merchant</em> is a tale of clashing cultures massive economic change and one man's determination to fulfil his destiny.</p>