New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 3rd book in this gripping and highly praised series of historical novels, set in 15th century Renaissance Europe and feauturing Nicholas de Fleury (formerly vander Poele) of Bruges, a good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the head of a mercantile empire. Massive epic: 534 pages. Map endpapers of the Levant - Rhodes, Cyprus - and Southern Europe in 1462. Attractive dustjacket with wraparound painting by Kinuko Craft. ISBN: 0-7181-32092.