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Title Statement | The coffee trader: a novel / David Liss. |
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Author | Liss, David, 1966- |
Publication | New York: Random House, c2003. |
Edition | 1st ed. |
Extent of Item | 389 p. |
ISBN | 0375508546 |
Other Number | 1256345 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-389). |
Summary | In 1659 Amsterdam, down-on-his-luck commodities trader Miguel Lienzo 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--only to learn that among Amsterdam's ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks everywhere, and even friends hide secret agendas. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Jews--Fiction--Netherlands--Amsterdam |
Coffee industry--Fiction | |
Mystery fiction | |
Detective and mystery stories | |
By Location | Netherlands--Fiction--History--1648-1714 |
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Fiction | |
By Genre | Historical fiction |