Abiding Legacy

About the Book

Four centuries had past since Pierre Paul Rubens painted a collection of three commissioned portraits; sisters - one of which would hand down a legacy. Alex Sachs, an average Englishman to his friends, would be bequeathed through his unknown grandfather, a legacy of his own. Along with this heritage and by sheer happenstance, he would meet a woman who unbeknownst to herself was part of this very legacy. Their journey involves art theft on a grand and historic scale while traveling from Jerusalem to London, from Milan and Florence to Paris and the French countryside. The narrative flows in time from sixteenth to nineteenth century Italy and travels to Nazi occupied Paris, while never loosing touch with its Abiding Legacy.

About the Author

Mike Baker was born and educated in London England. An optician, he built a chain of stores, while designing and manufacturing new forms of contact lenses and writing numerous technical papers. He traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East and resided for a while in Jerusalem and Toronto. A keen photographer, student of archaeology and private pilot, he also devotes a great deal of time to graphic arts. In 1992 Mike moved to the United States, where he combined his imagination and experiences to write this first novel, Abiding Legacy. He presently lives in Greenwich Connecticut with his wife and three children and is currently working on a second book.