Read the Review on Canadian Book Clubs: Napoleon’s Gambit by Eric Goldman will reel you into a fantasy of time travel. At first glance, it reads for a male audience. A high-level military man gives pony-tailed Joshua Rick $5 million dollars to build his dreamboat. Part of the fantasy starts with the technology used to [...]
Author Archives: Eric Goldman
What would you take back to the 19th C?
October 17, 2008 – 2:01 am
Readers who have asked me why Josh takes the items he does, can find the answer in one of Chapter Twelve’s notes. But what 3 items would you take, if your mission was to go back to the 19th C and convince someone that you’re from the 21st C? To play, you have to follow [...]
Swiss Army Knives, Zip-Locks and iPods
October 16, 2008 – 12:58 am
Readers have asked about the goodies Josh takes with him to convince Thomas and James that he’s from the 21st C. Why these three items?
Greed, Lust and Gluttony
October 7, 2008 – 8:15 pm
GLG, as Josh calls it, is what he believes to be the overriding human condition. Here’s ann extract from a previous draft. The scene was extracted from the recruitment scene with Cassis in Bermuda: The wine waiter arrives filled with the importance of opening some of the cellar’s rarest bottles. He extracts the cork and [...]
Traditional Boats and Tall Ships
October 7, 2008 – 8:09 pm
Reviewed in Traditional Boats and Tall Ships, September 2008. Napoleon’s Gambit: Sailing through history to commit the prefect crime by Eric Goldman Back to the Future meets Hornblower in this entertainingly engaging debut novel from Canadian sailor Eric Goldman. It’s 2009 and Joshua Rick, an accomplished sailor is recruited by the Royal Navy to carry [...]
