REVENGE OF MONEY

About the Book

Between 1989 and 1990 SOLIDARNOSC (Solidarity) movement, under the leadership of Lech Walesa, was the key catalyst in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the final collapse of the Communist regime. Solidarity was greatly supported by Polish Pope, John Paul II, US President Ronald Reagan and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Even Polish and Soviet police couldn't crush the determination of millions devoted Catholics, who prayed on their knees together with the Solidarity chaplain, Monsignor Henryk Jankowski. Various foundations created by Monsignor received charitable donations from all over the world in order to further the cause of freedom. It turned out, that not all of those funds went to charitable causes, serving Monsignor's substantial personal fortune instead and raising him to the status of the richest man in Poland. He enjoyed an extravagantly luxurious life for several years until the partnership with former Communist manipulators devastated his fortune, name and reputation. He died in 2010 in abject poverty, abondoned by friends and even the Church. This is the story of greed, betrayal and secret dealings in offshore jurisdiction, bloody shooting and chase for the money. The REVENGE OF MONEY reveals the final chapter of the monsignor's fortune and misfortune.

About the Author

Alfred Lenarciak was born in Poland. He escaped the Communist regime in 1974 and later immigrated to Montreal, Canada. His degrees in engineering and finance were platform that allowed him to invest and work all over the world over a span of 30 years. In 1990, he was part of the team advising Poland's newly democratic government to implement economic reforms, where he met many of the leaders from that period. During the last decade, he has been developing the ancestral estate of his wife in Southern Italy. He currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas with his wife Barbara and devotes time to investing, developing, writing and philantropy. They have one son Max, living in Toronto and working in an assets management firm. Besides golf, he enjoys travelling, studying history and writing. REVENGE OF MONEY is his third novel. BRE-X: DEAD MAN'S STORY was published in January 2014 and is available in over 30 countries.