Morel and the Gentlemen of Bayonne

A starving orphan walks out on the Church when he sees through its hypocrisy — and turns an abandoned garden into a trading empire that brings ordinary people food at prices they can afford. In doing so he declares war on three powerful men of Bayonne: the merchant, the politician and the insurer.

A generation after his enemies fell, old Maurice Morel suddenly hears a name again — from the mouth of his granddaughter Mireille, who now fights the same power. And he begins to tell his story.

• The merchant

  Jean Martin

  Economic power. He squeezes suppliers and wages price wars.

• The politician

  Pierre Durand

  Institutional power. He never looks like an enemy — and that is what makes him the most dangerous.

• The insurer

  Étienne Pellegrini

  Power over paperwork and connections. The only one of the three who goes to prison — and swears revenge.

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  Book I
  Morel and the Gentlemen of Bayonne

  The rise: a starving orphan against three powerful men.

  This book
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  In progress
  Book II
  The Heiress of Bayonne

  Mireille inherits an empire rotten from within — and falls for Julien, a young winemaker who carries the blood of a man her grandfather once destroyed.

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  In progress
  Book III
  The Sons of Bayonne

  Armed with her grandfather’s story, Mireille faces the sons of the three gentlemen — and the old war may finally end.

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