Rare Gold

Name: Rare Gold
Price: 6.49 EUR
Author: Ashton Lackey
ISBN: 9798215600153

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Ashton Lackey

WMG Publishing
Paru le : 03/04/2023

"The gold, silver, jewels, bucklers, and garments which we are sending to Your Royal Highness with these representatives, over and above the one-fifth... > Lire la suite

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"The gold, silver, jewels, bucklers, and garments which we are sending to Your Royal Highness with these representatives, over and above the one-fifth which belong to Your Majesty, Hernando Cortes and the council of this town offer in Your services and are sending together with a list ..." Fernando Cortez wrote in 1519. Following the first fabulous shipment, the Conquistadors looted the treasures of Montezuma until only one hoard remained.
Teudile, servant of Montezuma, secretly tried to ship the hoard to Spain, but the caravels were lost at sea. The location of the treasure was an unsolvable mystery. Unsolvable, that is, until Tony Carter found Teudile's diary, charting where the ships went down. However, he was not the only one with an interest in finding the last of the Aztec gold...

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Date de parution : 03/04/2023
Editeur : WMG Publishing
ISBN : 8215600153
EAN : 9798215600153
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Biographie de Ashton Lackey

Ashton Lackey (Harrington A. Lackey) has been a Spanish instructor, translator, tutor and writer for the past 30 years. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Anthropology from Eckerd College, a Master of Arts degree in Hispanic Literature from Auburn University, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literature at the University of Kentucky, and an Associate of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Nashville State Technical Institute.
Ashton has taught Spanish classes at Auburn University, Louisiana State University, University of Kentucky, Columbia State Community College, and Belmont University. He started a successful tutoring business- "Learning Strategies, " but is now retired. Ashton has completed 10 years of studying French from grammar school to high school. Also, he completed a semester of advanced French in Angers, France at the l'Université Catholique de l'Ouest.
He has written three novels, based on historical fiction: "Rare Gold, " "Disciple's Curse, " and "The Admiral's Signature." He has also published over 150 articles on various subjects and short stories. Ashton is now retired and currently lives in Bluffton, SC with his wife, Diana, and one furry daughter. Ashton has translated over 10 novels from Spanish to English, ("La Celestina", "Lazarillo de Tormes") and from English to Spanish: ("The Healing Of Gala").
I have recently been translating into English: "La Primera Catedral", "Surreal (Y otros relatos), and "MainCastle: La leyenda del caballero blanco". His hobbies are: collecting coins, comic books, books and metal detecting.