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The Coffee Trader

The Coffee Trader( )
Author: Liss, David
ISBN:978-0-349-11500-9
Publication Date:Mar 2003
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Imprint:Abacus
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Jewish
Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.6 x 19.8 x 2.6 cm
Book Weight:0.28 Kilograms
Author Biography
Liss, David (Author)
David Liss was born in New Jersey in 1966. He received an B.A. from Syracuse University, an M.A. from Georgia State University, and an M.Phil from Columbia University. His debut novel, A Conspiracy of Paper (2000), won the 2001 Barry, MacAvity, and Edgar awards for Best First Novel. His other works include The Coffee Trader (2003), A Spectacle of Corruption (2004), The Ethical Assassin (2006), The Whiskey Rebels (2008), and The Devil's Company (2009).

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