The Coffee Trader
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...
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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.
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ISBN:
9780349115009 (0349115001)
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Jewish,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Holland,
17th Century
It wasn't great. It wasn't terrible. If you find you want to read this book, I won't stop you but I will warn you there are other books out there. Books that are probably more deserving of your time. The characters in this book were blah. They were just there because a story requires people. I didn'...
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.
My particular edition is not available here on Goodreads18419760249781841976020HardbackLarge PrintPublisher WF Howes LtdWithdrawn from Oxfordshire Library ServiceOpening: Firmer than water or wine, it rippled thickly in its bowl, dark and hot and uninviting. Miguel Lienzo picked it up and pulled it ...
What I liked:It is my second David Liss novel and I'm admiring this writer more and more. Liss meticulously recreates the 17th century Dutch city of Amsterdam fully based on historical documents – really it seems that the author completed exhaustive research if you only consult the list of his sour...
The first time that I read this book, I didn't make it past page 20. But when I picked it up last year, I found myself sitting up late at night to find out what would happen next in a tricky world of coffee, dutch merchants, money, and a string of half-truths. Recommended for anyone who wants their ...
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