London 1850: After being abandoned as a child at age seven, John Wolcott grows up hardened by life's challenges.
He applies his considerable talent and becomes a shipping tycoon feared alike by the business world and pirates on the high seas.
He chooses a wife who will further elevate him into England's financial elite.
He has a daughter Louisa and arranges to marry her off to another tycoon who owns a railroad-car empire an empire that Wolcott has longed to control.
His well thought out plan.
1850 | After being abandoned as a child at age seven |
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