Simon Acland Livres

In this provocative new book, discover how venture capitalists run their own businesses and the ways they can best help you run yours, as well as the alternatives to venture capital and how to make a successful exit without losing your shirt. Angels, Dragons and Vultures draws on the experience of mistakes made by entrepreneurs - some of their own making, and some into which they were cajoled by their investors. Simon Acland shares the lessons of these mistakes and his personal expertise to help other entrepreneurs gain capital investment and professional assistance that is both lucrative and emotionally satisfying.

This is the true story of the Holy Grail. "The Waste Land" chronicles the adventures of Hugh de Verdon, monk turned knight, during the extraordinary historical events of the First Crusade. He journeys from the great Benedictine monastery of Cluny to Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem. He encounters the Assassins, endures a personal epiphany and discovers the 'truth' behind the Holy Grail. Hugh de Verdon's tale is retold by a group of desperate Oxford professors, based on his autobiographical manuscript, discovered in their College Library. Their humorous - and murderous - story also provides a commentary on the eleventh century events and shows that they are perhaps not all they seem.

'The Flowers of Evil' continues the adventures of Hugh de Verdon, the crusader knight introduced in 'The Waste Land'. It takes up his story in the early years of the 12th century, a turbulent period when the victorious First Crusaders fought to hold on to the lands they had won in Outremer.