McClelland & Stewart/New Canadian Library, Toronto, 1999, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7710-3468-7.  MMPB, 276 pages.  Unread copy, not remaindered, bleach mark on front wrap from sticker removal; pages lightly tanned.  ‘… transforms the real life of an eighteenth-century gentleman-adventurer into a fictional journey that scales the heights of exotic adventure, from England, to India, to Frederick the Great’s Prussia – and eventually to Labrador.  First published in 1992, John Steffler’s stunning novel recreates a lost time and place, and gives life to an enigmatic figure from Canada’s past.  Described quietly by historians as “soldier, diarist, entrepreneur,” Cartwright emerges as a character of overwhelming appetite and ambition.  Now his tale becomes our own:  a telling portrait of our past and a warning about our future.’ (from rear wrap)