Hotse LangeraarGrowing up in Europe and being originally from the Netherlands, I spent many years in France and went to school in England. From early on the history apparent all around fascinated me -- a fascination expressed most recently in my latest book, Capuch.I left Europe for South America in the late 70s and lived and worked all over that continent as a commodities trader -- it was in Guayaquil Ecuador that my son Justin was born in 1980. From there we moved to the US, which was a dream come true and in 2001 I became a naturalized US citizen.From commodities, I turned to investment banking and I was a fixed income (bond) trader from 1990 to 2016. In 2012 I wrote the book Federal, a historical fiction about the Federal Reserve which most people believe to be part of the US government -- the truth though is that the central bank of the USA is a private bank whose ownership is clouded in mystery. If you want to learn more, read my book Federal ...Capuche, the book I referred to above, is a historical fiction about the dawn of 13th century England. It follows the life of a Welsh noble who becomes a Cathar and takes umbrage with the savage and brutal suppression of the Catholic Church and the Norman feudal law of the land. When he falls in love with a nun, his and her lives change from which there is no return and both have to endure the terrible wrath of the church. It is a story of passion and suffering, of love and redemption -- a tragedy based on real persons and events. I think you'll like it ... Read More Read Less