ISBN-13: 9780749397982 / Miękka / 1994 / 384 str.
Estienne Barbier, born in the Loire Valley in 1699, is a liar and philanderer who deserts his pregnant wife to stow away. In Africa he sees the sordid dealing beneath the self-righteous pomposity of the Dutch East India Company, and decides to make a stand. By the author of A Dry White Season.