Caesar's CoinMore than one-third of the work covers Lucky Marquez, a beautiful young Cuban woman, who buys Caesars coin in a Las Vegas casino. Lucky is brazen, impetuous, sensual, greedy, exploitive, craven, irresponsible and harms almost everyone she meets. She drives her male consorts to frantic spending on her compulsive gambling--even suicide. Mario Capomonte is her deadly enemy. He believes Lucky has used his son to steal the family heirloom. Capomonte is a devout follower of Dante Aligheri and forever quotes Dante and his interpretation of Hell. He is a man possessed with the righteousness of revenge--the vendetta. He pursues Lucky across the world to regain the coin and throw her into the abyss of a damnable Hell. Both are overcome, however, by a soul from Dantes Paradiso. CHAPTERS I. GAUL 52 B.C. II. ROME 48-45 B.C. III. ROME March of 44 B.C. IV. JERUSALEM and ROME 64-68 A.D. V. MECCA -- February of 633 VI. IRELAND 653-1645 VII. IRELAND and ENGLAND 1647 VIII. FLORENCE and GENOA, ITALY and LONDON 1648-1861 IX. NEW ORLEANS and VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI 1861-63 X. NEW ORLEANS and CHICAGO 1863-71 XI. CHICAGO and LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS and MIAMI 1871-1998 XII. MIAMI late March of 1998 XIII. CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO April of 1998 XIV. HAVANA, CUBA May 10 to June 14, 1998 XV. CHICAGO June 26, 1998 XVI. MONTE CARLO July 3-10, 1998 XVII. MACAU and HAVANA -- July 11-14, 1998 XVIII. HAVANA and CHICAGO July 14-15, 1998 XIX. NAPA, CALIFORNIA August 9, 1998 XX. HAVANA and LIBERTYVILLE August 14-16 and Christmas of 1998 |
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