The Dream Maker

Description

Born to the merchant class, Jacques Coeur, after a brilliant career as a trader, was summoned to the court of Charles VII and appointed Master of the Mint in 1436. From this position he rose to become the King of France's visionary First Banker who contributed to bringing France out of darkness toward the Renaissance and modernity. Coeur was the wealthiest man in France, but at the height of his success, was threatened with disgrace and imprisonment. His ill-considered infatuation with Agnes Sorel, King Charles VII's favorite mistress, precipitated Coeur's fall from grace.

Jean Christophe Rufin is a founder of Doctors without Borders, former president of the organization Action Against Hunger. a former ambassador, winner of the Goncourt prize for The Abyssinian (W.W. Norton 2000), and the author of numerous bestsellers.

Praise for The Dream Maker "The Dream Maker brings to vivid life the exmplary career of a little known medieval paragon, Jacques Coeur, banker, visionary and crafter of the glory that was France." --The Barnes & Noble Review "The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command." --Le JDD "Rufin bestows such immediacy to this artist of finance, such vitality that we hear the sound of Coeur's own voice telling us his life." --Telerama "In this time of the dehumanization of the economy and forced globalization, Jean-Christophe Rufin offers his readers a return to the origins, to when commerce was considered one of man's most beautiful accomplishments, to a time when the wildest dreamer could be a wealthy merchant--Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet." --Philippe Chevilley, Les Echos "Jean-Christophe Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people, which...enchants his readers. His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power." --Lire Praise for The Dream Maker -The Dream Maker brings to vivid life the exmplary career of a little known medieval paragon, Jacques Coeur, banker, visionary and crafter of the glory that was France.- --The Barnes & Noble Review -The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command.- --Le JDD -Rufin bestows such immediacy to this artist of finance, such vitality that we hear the sound of Coeur's own voice telling us his life.- --Telerama -In this time of the dehumanization of the economy and forced globalization, Jean-Christophe Rufin offers his readers a return to the origins, to when commerce was considered one of man's most beautiful accomplishments, to a time when the wildest dreamer could be a wealthy merchant--Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet.- --Philippe Chevilley, Les Echos -Jean-Christophe Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people, which...enchants his readers. His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power.- --Lire Praise for The Dream Maker "The Dream Maker brings to vivid life the exmplary career of a little known medieval paragon, Jacques Coeur, banker, visionary and crafter of the glory that was France." --The Barnes & Noble Review "The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command." --Le JDD "Rufin bestows such immediacy to this artist of finance, such vitality that we hear the sound of Coeur's own voice telling us his life." --Telerama "In this time of the dehumanization of the economy and forced globalization, Jean-Christophe Rufin offers his readers a return to the origins, to when commerce was considered one of man's most beautiful accomplishments, to a time when the wildest dreamer could be a wealthy merchant--Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet." --Philippe Chevilley, Les Echos "Jean-Christophe Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people, which...enchants his readers. His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power." --Lire "Jean-Christophe Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people, which...enchants his readers. His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power."-- Lire "The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command."-- Le JDD Jean-Christophe Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people, which enchants his readers. His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power. Lire The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command. Le JDD"