The Whiskey Rebels (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Liss, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410410455 ISBN 13: 9781410410450

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Hired by his onetime fiancâee to find her missing husband, Ethan Saunders, a former spy for Washington during the Revolution, follows a trail that leads him to Alexander Hamilton and to rebellious whiskey-makers fiercely opposed to a tax on their products.

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Review:

"A Conspiracy of Paper"
"The plot draws you in from page to page. . . . An evocation of English history that you can happily get lost in for days."
"-The New York Times"
"Tremendously smart, assured, and entertaining . . . an intricate mystery, a colorful rogues' gallery and, improbably, a history lesson on the birth of the stock market."
"-Newsweek"
"A Spectacle of Corruption"
"[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss's] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year's best."
"-The Boston Globe"
"[A] rousing sequel of historical intellectual suspense."
"-San Antonio Express-News"

"The Coffee Trader"
"Percolates with seventeenth-century intrigue . . . A story of cutthroat financial schemes, merciless creditors, collapsing markets, and deceitful men . . . In this book, even the hero is no saint."
-"USA Today"
"An entertaining tale . . . [a] learned page-turner . . . Despite the many characters and plot twists, Mr. Liss keeps his story in graceful motion."
"-The Wall Street Journal"

"From the Hardcover edition."

A gripping, visceral adventure of revenge, ambition, and romance filled with surprising twists and insights. Matthew Pearl, author of The Last Dickens
A breathtaking, breakneck tale told from the interwoven viewpoints of a top Revolutionary spy and a brilliant and cunning woman who becomes both his ally and his nemesis. Katherine Neville, author of The Fire" "and The Eight
What a wonderful book! An absorbing and entertaining novel of the American Revolution. Jon Meacham, author of American Lion
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"A gripping, visceral adventure of revenge, ambition, and romance filled with surprising twists and insights."--Matthew Pearl, author of The Last Dickens

"A breathtaking, breakneck tale told from the interwoven viewpoints of a top Revolutionary spy and a brilliant and cunning woman who becomes both his ally and his nemesis."--Katherine Neville, author of The Fire and The Eight

"What a wonderful book! An absorbing and entertaining novel of the American Revolution."--Jon Meacham, author of American Lion

About the Author:

David Liss is the author of The Whiskey Rebels, The Ethical Assassin, A Spectacle of Corruption, The Coffee Trader, and A Conspiracy of Paper, winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1410410455
• ISBN 13: 9781410410450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 865