A conspiracy of paper
Subtitle: a novel
By: David Liss
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780375502927
Subjects: Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction; Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction; Stock exchanges -- Fiction; Jews -- England -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction; Historical fiction; Mystery
First sentence: For some years now, the gentlemen of the book trade have pressed me in the most urgent fashion to commit my memoirs to paper; for, these men have argued, there are many who would gladly pay a few shillings to learn of the true and surprising adventures of my life.
Description: "In "A Conspiracy of Paper, " David Liss has woven a tale of 18th-century finance, murder, and religion that is a remarkable debut and a thoroughly satisfying novel."--Arthur Golden, author of "Memoirs of a Geisha."