Angostura - Softcover

Walter, Rolf

 
9783347358355: Angostura

Synopsis

The family saga around the world brand Angostura Bitters At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte sweeps through Europe, Alexander von Humboldt travels the world and Simon Bolívar fights for the independence of Latin America. Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert – in short Ben Siegert – is born into this environment. He serves as a blood young doctor in the war against Napoleon and is then recruited by Bolívar for his soldiers as Army Medicus in Venezuela. On the crossing, he meets Achaz v. Bismarck (1786-1856), the grandson of the Finance Minister Frederick the Great, but also the "black sheep" of the famous Prussian noble family. Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck once described him as a "completely shameless lump". As Ben enters the soil of South America, the young German faces a completely new world: racy women, wild animals, fascinating plants - Ben settles in Angostura (now Cuidad Bolívar), soon belongs to the VIPs of the city and becomes the creator of the world-famous and highly award-winning tonic he has come to his new hometown. "Angostura Bitters". From two marriages ten (living) children emerge who, like their father, become outstanding entrepreneurial personalities - the descendants successfully lead the company through all the vicissitudes of life to this day!

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