THE SPRING OF THE RAM (THE HOUSE OF NICCOLO)

Niccolo is embarked upon his first major journey as merchant adventurer for Charetty Company, leaving his wife Marian to control business affairs and the successful dye works. His destination is Trebizond, last unconquered outpost of the Byzantine Greeks First published in 1987, this is the second book in the author's "Niccolo" series. The novel marks the coming of age of the hero, and his development in the treacherous world of medieval Europe's trade with the East.