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A Lord's Treasure
With "A Lord's Treasure," David S. Longworth delivers financial wisdom in the first volume of his A King's Wisdom series of parables set in a Medieval Fantasy world. The characters in each parable teach and learn simple, highly effective financial wisdom as life experiences throughout the tale. This is the book that will guide you towards having the net worth of a lord's treasure.
106 pages, Paperback
Published January 16, 2018
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June 25, 2018
‘Following these financial principles has been helping me to achieve my financial goals.’
North Carolina author David S. Longworth earned his BS in Business Administration (admixing Management with Entrepreneurship and Marketing and Supply Chain Management) from Appalachian State University where he served on the Appalachian State University's Fencing Team as the team's Public Relations Officer, writing informational articles for the university's online publication Club Sports Illustrated. Of particular interest, as an entrepreneurial Aspergian, David founded the real estate investing firm Longworth Real Estate Investments, LLC and strives to be an influential role model for people on the Autism Spectrum.
David calls his first published book ‘a rudimentary personal finance book with the intention of also acting as a medieval fantasy tale.’ He sets the stage for this story with a fine painting of scenery and mood: ‘The azure summer sky burns over Starkton, a kingdom on the continent of Lantheon, with insatiable heat, yet every person and animal persistently attempt to quench the heat’s thirst with sweat and saliva. Men, women, and wealthy lords engage their errands and labor, while young children play; some dogs lie panting in the shade or near their adoptive humans; the livestock huddle into groups near the Healing Waters River which flows into the Titan Bay; and thirty cats scurry through the organized chaos and steal unattended food. To signify their respective social superiorities, the lords wear gilt samite and don a decorative pin over their heart, encrusted with gemstones possessing the respective colors and pin design of each of their families’ coat of arms whereas the merchants prefer richly-pigmented velvet. Faint flowery scents coming from the nobility intertwine with a combination of the odors and aromas of sweat, manure, baked food, and mud filling the air. Enduring the heat and various scents with duty, the Starkton sentries patrol the streets wielding spears, longswords, shields, and bows with arrow-filled quivers. They patrol on foot and horseback in the streets, rooftops, and near the river fully armored in steel and chainmail topped with an ivory surcoat emblazoned with a silver hare to symbolize that they ultimately answer to the ruling king of this region, King Gwayne Sterling. Despite most of the lords choosing to walk through the city streets, Prince Drake Sterling, son of Gwayne, is being carried in an emerald-green litter by stout and bronzed servants wearing white hare-emblazoned tunics stained with sweat. Drake is a very muscular man with skin bronzed from outdoor constructive work, amber eyes, auburn hair, and black beard who serves as Starkton’s Architecture Master after he succeeded upon the death of his predecessor Jolenta Bilteen. Jolenta is survived by her husband General Randall Bilteen and her four children Rickard, Robert, Marigold, and Colette. The lord-son Drake chose to wear his snow-white breeches and maroon shirt on this day to blend-in with some of the buildings in Starkton.’
Having established his character board David uses his clever technique to discuss his practiced field of business with chapters devoted to Savings, Expenses, Skills and Education, Income, Risk Management, Mentorship, Debt, Self Employment and Quality – each attribute placed in the context of an accessible and entertaining
medieval story.
As this is Book 1 we can look forward to further learning comingled with entertainment from a promising young author.
North Carolina author David S. Longworth earned his BS in Business Administration (admixing Management with Entrepreneurship and Marketing and Supply Chain Management) from Appalachian State University where he served on the Appalachian State University's Fencing Team as the team's Public Relations Officer, writing informational articles for the university's online publication Club Sports Illustrated. Of particular interest, as an entrepreneurial Aspergian, David founded the real estate investing firm Longworth Real Estate Investments, LLC and strives to be an influential role model for people on the Autism Spectrum.
David calls his first published book ‘a rudimentary personal finance book with the intention of also acting as a medieval fantasy tale.’ He sets the stage for this story with a fine painting of scenery and mood: ‘The azure summer sky burns over Starkton, a kingdom on the continent of Lantheon, with insatiable heat, yet every person and animal persistently attempt to quench the heat’s thirst with sweat and saliva. Men, women, and wealthy lords engage their errands and labor, while young children play; some dogs lie panting in the shade or near their adoptive humans; the livestock huddle into groups near the Healing Waters River which flows into the Titan Bay; and thirty cats scurry through the organized chaos and steal unattended food. To signify their respective social superiorities, the lords wear gilt samite and don a decorative pin over their heart, encrusted with gemstones possessing the respective colors and pin design of each of their families’ coat of arms whereas the merchants prefer richly-pigmented velvet. Faint flowery scents coming from the nobility intertwine with a combination of the odors and aromas of sweat, manure, baked food, and mud filling the air. Enduring the heat and various scents with duty, the Starkton sentries patrol the streets wielding spears, longswords, shields, and bows with arrow-filled quivers. They patrol on foot and horseback in the streets, rooftops, and near the river fully armored in steel and chainmail topped with an ivory surcoat emblazoned with a silver hare to symbolize that they ultimately answer to the ruling king of this region, King Gwayne Sterling. Despite most of the lords choosing to walk through the city streets, Prince Drake Sterling, son of Gwayne, is being carried in an emerald-green litter by stout and bronzed servants wearing white hare-emblazoned tunics stained with sweat. Drake is a very muscular man with skin bronzed from outdoor constructive work, amber eyes, auburn hair, and black beard who serves as Starkton’s Architecture Master after he succeeded upon the death of his predecessor Jolenta Bilteen. Jolenta is survived by her husband General Randall Bilteen and her four children Rickard, Robert, Marigold, and Colette. The lord-son Drake chose to wear his snow-white breeches and maroon shirt on this day to blend-in with some of the buildings in Starkton.’
Having established his character board David uses his clever technique to discuss his practiced field of business with chapters devoted to Savings, Expenses, Skills and Education, Income, Risk Management, Mentorship, Debt, Self Employment and Quality – each attribute placed in the context of an accessible and entertaining
medieval story.
As this is Book 1 we can look forward to further learning comingled with entertainment from a promising young author.
June 28, 2018
A Lord's Treasure (A King's Wisdom Book 1) by David Longworth is a fantastic little book about finances encased in a whimsical story. Some of the scenes make you laugh out loud, all the while providing some basic financial strategy. This is an ingenious endeavor, and the author pulls it off quite well. Longworth has a great way with his characters, there is clever and fun dialogue and sets the tone for the story in the first pages with spot on descriptions. Some of the topics covered include: savings, debt, mentoring, self employment, and risk management, among others. A short read, this is the first in what will hopefully be an entertaining yet informative series. Highly recommend for a quick, easy access kind of financial book cloaked in an approachable story. Looking forward to more from this young author.
June 29, 2018
David Longworth takes a subject in which many people don't understand well and writes an interesting story around it. A Lord's Treasure is written in a time of kings, knights, and lords fighting and protecting their lands against pirates and treasure seekers. A new treasurer is appointed by King Gwayne, which he finds is a difficult job to produce the financed needed, plus curb the King's appetites against extravagant things. Richard just uses the financial principles his father and grandfather had taught him and sets the king and his kingdom on a road of freedom.
I found A Lord's Treasure full of wisdom about finances written in a form young adults, or teenagers, would enjoy. If you are familiar with Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace, you would really see common teachings. I think everyone could benefit from reading this novel.
I found A Lord's Treasure full of wisdom about finances written in a form young adults, or teenagers, would enjoy. If you are familiar with Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace, you would really see common teachings. I think everyone could benefit from reading this novel.
June 29, 2018
Finances written about in an entertaining and engaging way? Well, it seems that David Longworth has found a way. He found an interesting way to talk about finances, investment, taxes, debt and more in a clever, fun and informative way.
Mixing finances and a story about a medieval kingdom seems unlikely and boring but it actually works. The author does a brilliant work talking about complicated topics using fun dialogues and great characters’ interactions. I was absolutely amazed at how good the story actually was and how the characters all worked and existed in a cohesive manner. It’s a short book but one that explains most of the basics in the world of Economics and Finance and is a brilliant reminder that, despite all the years that passed between medieval times and nowadays, the basics are pretty much the same. I’m quite curious about reading the following books.
Mixing finances and a story about a medieval kingdom seems unlikely and boring but it actually works. The author does a brilliant work talking about complicated topics using fun dialogues and great characters’ interactions. I was absolutely amazed at how good the story actually was and how the characters all worked and existed in a cohesive manner. It’s a short book but one that explains most of the basics in the world of Economics and Finance and is a brilliant reminder that, despite all the years that passed between medieval times and nowadays, the basics are pretty much the same. I’m quite curious about reading the following books.
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