A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel

Name: A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: David Liss
ISBN: 9780804119122

David Liss

30/01/2001
Random House Publishing Group

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel par David Liss

Résumé

Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family—until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver descends into the deceptive world of the English stock jobbers, gliding between coffee houses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more Weaver uncovers, the darker the truth becomes, until he realizes that he is following too closely in his father’s footsteps—and they just might lead him to his own grave. An enthralling historical thriller, A Conspiracy of Paper will leave readers wondering just how much has changed in the stock market in the last three hundred years. . . .