By Sunjae Sharmah
A historical-fiction series. Five centuries of coffee. One extraordinary journey.
His legend was forged in war — and poured into Vienna's first coffee cup. A ruined trader becomes a besieged city's last hope, and leaves behind a legacy Vienna still tells today.
First draft complete. Cover and publication date to follow.
Georg Franz Kolschitzky is the beginning of a larger literary journey through the history of coffee. Conceived as a long-form historical-fiction project, the Coffee Chronicles will explore the people, places, conflicts, and cultures surrounding coffee across centuries. Book I, Georg Franz Kolschitzky, is published and available now; Book II, The Coffee Sniffers, already has a completed first draft. The Coffee Chronicles is open-ended by design — more will be written, and named, as the series continues to unfold.
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