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The Coffee Trader
David Liss
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Description for The Coffee Trader
Paperback. * An original financial thriller set in 17th century Amsterdam * This is a rich and satisfying second novel from the Edgar Award winner. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
Amsterdam in the 1690s - a boom town with Europe's biggest stock exchange and traders who will stop at nothing to get even richer.
Lienzo, a Portugese Jew, stumbles across a new commodity - coffee - which, if he plays his cards right, will make him the richest man in Holland. But others stand in his way - rival traders who do all in their power to confuse the exchange and scupper his plans, his brother who is jealous of his financial wizardry and even his brother's beautiful wife who both tempts and spurns him in equal measure.
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349115009
SKU
V9780349115009
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Ref
99-50
About David Liss
Author of the Edgar-Award-winning A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER (Best first crime novel in the USA).
Reviews for The Coffee Trader
Liss has again produced a compelling complex and well-constructed tale... David Liss is a writer to look out for.
HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
This engrossing book isn't short but, even so, you'll be tempted to read it in one sitting.
MORNING STAR
There are twists and turns aplenty as the plot thickens and moves towards an unexpected ... Read more
HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
This engrossing book isn't short but, even so, you'll be tempted to read it in one sitting.
MORNING STAR
There are twists and turns aplenty as the plot thickens and moves towards an unexpected ... Read more