Coffee Trader by David Liss

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.

Reviewed by Eve1972 on

3 of 5 stars

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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!

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