The Greater Greece. Of the two continents and the five seas. The ports of Asia Minor and Salonica are necessary to the financial moguls of the Athenian elite that control the trade of Egyptian cotton to the markets of the British Empire. The fortunes of the Komninos were too closely tied to those moguls and a victory of the Entente for the uncle to be concerned with his nephew’s f*****g Diaz’s wife.
The great heir of a merchant fleet that travels to the far reaches of the British Empire, carrying Egyptian cotton…and tomorrow, oil from the Persian Gulf…Not bad at all…So that was the reason he came to Salonica…
Now it was becoming clear that Lina Bocher had returned to Salonica following Komninos’ demand to provide a cover for him. But what leverage did he have on her?
Simona’s flirt with
