The Whiskey Rebels is a historical fiction novel set in the late 1700’s, after the Revolutionary War. I don’t normally read much historical fiction, unless it has some sort of science fiction or fantasy element to it, but I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I don’t know the history from this time per...
Okay, I finished this one. Wish I could say it was a great reading experience, but I can’t. Yeah, I am going to explain, so stop now if you have any medical problem that might be adversely affected by my bitching. This comic collection is an attempt to update the classic 1930s pulp fiction chara...
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.The Shadow has returned from the east after rejuvenation and now poses as his grandson, Lamont Cranston. His old adversary, Shiwan Kahn, escapes from prison and soon starts to assert himself amongst the cri...
In 1745, Lisbon is still in the firm grip of the Inquisition. (The Portuguese Inquisition was not officially disbanded until 1821.) Families that have been converted for generations are still persecuted as "Judaizers." Of course, most people are arrested by the Inquisition for other reasons: denounc...
New Review! A SPECTACLE OF CORRUPTION, second Benjamin Weaver mystery. http://tinyurl.com/oh94chn What a great title for a thriller about politics in 1720s London. Cracking good story, 4 stars for this English Diogenes.
Weekend thriller review! A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER by David Liss http://tinyurl.com/n4sjeqo Money! Passion! Fathers & sons! It's an excellent story, a wonderful personal tale of the high cost of unregulated capitalism.
The Devil's Company is the latest from David Liss. It's 1722 in London and Benjamin Weaver is being blackmailed. Weaver is equal parts James Bond and Flashman (George Macdonald Fraser's lovable scoundrel). The first sentence of the novel lets you know who you are dealing with: "In my youth,...
Not as good as conspiracy of paper, a lot of repetition and the trades were not very well explained.Plus, the villain is omnipotent - never like it when the author seeks such an easy resolution to a mystery he has set up.
This book was a pleasure to read from beginning to end. The author was a graduate student in the world in which this novel is set--the world of finance in 1719 London. Although, unlike him, I'm by no means an expert, the first person narrative had a great voice, a seemingly dead on period tone that ...
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