New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). The 7th 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. 539 pp. Map of Europe and the Near East ca 1474. ISBN: 0-375-706127.