The Coffee Trader (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by David Liss

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.

• ISBN10: 0349115001
• ISBN13: 9780349115009
• Publish Date: 6 March 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Abacus
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub]

I was so surprised to find that this author also wrote a children's book series that my son likes. This was very well-written and extremely interesting.

[Eve1972]

I enjoyed this book, it is a wonderful portrayal of late 17th Century Amsterdam with lots of great detail and wonderful bits of information that I really enjoy in a good historical fiction. Plenty of twists and turns and great characters, just a very enjoyable read!