Privilege Preserved (A Poor Man at the Gate Series, Book 5)

Privilege Preserved (A Poor Man at the Gate Series, Book 5)

<h2>Privilege Preserved: </h2>Tom Andrews and Joseph Star’s sons enjoy success in the world of commerce. In America, Henry Star is growing wealthy from illicit deals, but is implicated in a murder. Meanwhile, the settlers in New York State are facing dangers as disease strikes. There are shady dealings in Bombay involving slaves and opium-running.<b>Books best read in series order.</b><br /><br /><b>About the series:</b> <br />The highly acclaimed <i>A Poor Man at the Gate</i> series follows the fortunes of young Englishman Tom Andrews, a petty smuggler turned ‘pirate’ and his friend Joseph Star, a part-Carib freed slave. After making a small but illicitly gained fortune aboard a privateering ship in the Caribbean and later in New York at the time of the Revolutionary War, they are betrayed and forced to flee to England.<br /><br />They settle in industrial Lancashire at the beginning of the first great industrial boom; as unscrupulous businessmen they quickly become very rich. Wealth allows Tom to buy a landed estate where he hopes to be accepted by the local aristocratic families. This expansive and meticulously-researched historical saga tells of Tom and Joseph’s triumphs and disasters as they aspire to create powerful dynasties to rival any in England.<br /><br /><h2>Published by The Electronic Book Company</h2><b>A New York Times Best-seller Listed Publisher</b> www.theelectronicbookcompany.com