The Coffee Trader by David Liss

The Coffee Trader by David Liss

Amsterdam, 1659: On the world's first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city's close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city's most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living in his younger brother's canal-flooded basement, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation.
Miguel enters into a partnership with a seductive Dutchwoman who offers him one last chance at success--a daring plot to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called coffee. To succeed, Miguel must risk everything he values and face a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to see him ruined. Miguel will learn that among Amsterdam's ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks everywhere, and even friends hide secret agendas.

David Liss is the author of the Edgar Award-winning novels The Day of Atonement, The Twelfth Enchantment, The Devil's Company, The Whiskey Rebels, The Ethical Assassin, A Spectacle of Corruption, The Coffee Dealer, and A Conspiracy of Paper. With his wife and children, he resides in San Antonio.

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ISBN 13	9780375760907
ISBN 10	0375760903
Title	The Coffee Trader
Author	David Liss
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2004-02-03
Number of pages	432
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