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From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Papercomes a stunning new thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London.
The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disguise Benjamin Weaver finds himself pitted against a mysterious mastermind who holds the lives of Weaver’s friends in the balance. To protect the people he loves, Weaver must stage a daring robbery from the headquarters of the ruthless British East India Company, but this theft is only the opening move in a dangerous game of secret plots, corporate rivals, and foreign spies. With the security of the nation—and the lives of those he loves—in the balance, Weaver must navigate a labyrinth of political greed and corporate treachery.
Explosive action and utterly vivid period detail are the hallmarks of an author who continues to set the bar ever higher for historical suspense.
- Sales Rank: #276212 in eBooks
- Published on: 2009-06-14
- Released on: 2009-07-07
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly
Liss's novel dissects the corrupt underbelly of 18th-century commerce, politics and religion. Benjamin Weaver, a thief taker, is blackmailed into spying on the powerful British East India Company, while a variety of undercover and double agents keep their eyes on him. The audio version is enhanced by a stirring performance by Simon Vance. His rendition of Weaver as crafty but moralistic is nearly perfect, though Weaver comes across as more educated and middle class than Liss intended. But in tackling a long novel rife with dialogue, Vance performs a huge cast that reflects the London society of 1722, including merchants, textile workers, accountants, security guards, a Scottish physician, Portuguese Jews, French spies, street urchins, plus the denizens of many a tavern and brothel. A wide audience will be delighted by this fast-paced thriller, thanks to Vance's deft dramatization. A Random hardcover (Reviews, May 18). (July)
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“A treat for lovers of historical fiction. . . .accomplished, atmospheric, and thoughtful.”—Washington Post
“As distinguished by the compelling voice of its narrator as it is by its vibrant detail.”—Denver Post
“Witty and stimulating”—Kirkus
“More than just a finely written mystery. Liss injects thoughtful discussion of issues that should resonate in the best university business courses. Corporate ethics at the British East India Company appear to resemble those of Wall Street companies this decade.”—San Antonio Express-News
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
David Liss is the author of A Spectacle of Corruption, A Conspiracy of Paper (winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel), and The Ethical Assassin. He has a graduate degree in English literature from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. from Georgia State University and a B.S. from Syracuse University. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and daughter.
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68 of 69 people found the following review helpful.
A Most Remarkable Book...add Benjamin Weaver to the ranks of Sherlock Holmes,Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade,and James Bond!
By Bodenedelstahltx
One day while on vacation, I stepped into a local bookstore looking for a bit of literary adventure. I decided I wanted to read some fiction, instead of the usual history I tend to gravitate to. I randomly pulled off the shelf a book called the "Coffee Trader" by David Liss, not knowing a thing about the book or the author. The literary fates smiled upon me that day. I was amazed that a book set in 16th century Amsterdam could be so full on intrigue, suspense and absolutely thrilling to read. After that, I tracked down his other works of historical fiction, "The Conspiracy of Paper" and "The Spectacle of Corruption," and was introduced to one of the most fascinating heroes in literary fiction, Benjamin Weaver.
"The Devil's Company" the third in the Benjamin Weaver series, is a fantastic book! It follows the exploits of Benjamin Weaver, a private investigator, in London in the fall of 1722. Mr. Weaver is employed to avenge the honor of his client, through a set up in a game of chance. This is but the beginning of a tale so full of malice, intrigue and malevolent cleverness that one worries if Mr. Weaver's "derring do" will be enough to prevail. Also, I never thought the British East India Company could be such a vipers' nest of scheming. What transpires there has relevance today and illustrates that corporate perfidy is not a recent development. Mr. Weaver is compelled to go to work for "the Company" by a mysterious cabal. The stakes are incredibly high as Mr. Weaver has to sort through ever shifting facts and alliances, and his Herculean task ensnares the reader to such an extent that one is cautioned to set aside some serious reading time, lest one stay up half the night.
Mr. Liss has written a superlative book. He captures the feel and sound of 18th century London. His attention to detail and compelling story telling brings to mind Patrick O'Brian in his "Aubrey/Maturin" series, Jean-Christophe Ruffin in "The Abyssinian," or Stephen Harridans' "The Gates of the Alamo." If you enjoy a good mystery, attention to detail, a thriller, or just revel in a well written entertaining book, then "The Devil's Company" is the book
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Very entertaining read BUT . . .
By Medianvalued
This book gallops along and is really quite pleasant to read about the exploits of superJew, superfighter, supersleuth Bejamin Weaver as he plays underworld chess having been manneuvered by birth and conspiracy into a game where he starts minus at least a bishop and two pawns. The texture, customs and speech of early 18th century London seem quite authentic to this Londoner.
Weaver's foes (or allies - you're never quite sure which) are everywhere from the Crown, the Crapeauds, the East India Company to . . . you name it. I'll not reveal the plot as the fun is in the reading and feeling part of the swirl of the place and times. This book is great fun to read . . .
However, the entire plot is totally ludicrous when you look at it dispassionately. For example, the initial set-up whereby Weaver falls under the manipulative control of Mr Cobb makes absolutely no sense. It is ridiculously complicated and I have to feel that the author could have found a subtler way for Weaver to fall into Cobb's net than the contorted combination of sledgehammer conspiracies that he employs.
Unfortunately, the lack of sensible plot development continues throughout the book. A further example is the bizarre history of the invisible Absalom Pepper.
The depiction of anti-semitism is a little heavy-handed but probably actually quite realistic. The irony, however, is that Britain at that time (and, of course,since) was one of the safest places in the world to be a Jew - I have some personal family knowledge of that. Also, there is a little too much ranting about the evils of corporations and capitalism for my liking.
I found the Coffee Trader by the same author to be much more plausible and at least as much fun to read. Somehow, incredible plot developments don't work for Liss as well as they do for, say, Orson Scott Card in Magic Street.
If you are interested in almost contemporary (covering the preceding 60 or so years) fiction with a strong background of conspiracy, economics, technological development and with much of the action taking place in London, I suggest reading the trilogy of Books by Neal Stephenson "The Baroque Cycle" the first volume of which is "Quicksilver" - this is 3 volumes of 1,000 pages each (sometimes marketed as 9 minivolumes). This series (which is something of a sequel to Cryptonomicon although set almost 400 years earlier) is a truly wonderful read - AS LONG AS you make it out of Boston harbor in the first 200 pages or so of the first volume (I almost didn't but persevered as I'd previously read Cryptonomicon).
Still and all, I enjoyed this book - there is just that big BUT about the whole thing.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Another good addition to this series
By Ellis Bell
The Devil's Company is the fourth Benjamin Weaver novel; this time, it's 1722, and Weaver must take on one of the world's largest corporations: the East India Company. Hired (though that's too mile a term) by a dangerous man named Jerome Cobb, he must infiltrate the Company to steal secret documents. What happens, however, is a complicated series of treachery and deceptions--some of them at Benjamin Weaver's expense.
This is the fifth novel I've read by David Liss, and I'd definitely say that his Benjamin Weaver books are much stronger than his stand-alone book, The Whiskey Rebels. Weaver, while not sympathetic or sometimes even likable, is a compelling character. One thing you always know will happen in a book in which he's featured is that he'll get double-crossed at some point, and The Devil's Company is no exception. Liss excels at description, too, and I enjoyed his depiction of 1722 London.
The mystery itself however, is a bit predictable, and the disguises don't always hide people's identities all that well. Also, I was a little frustrated by Absalom Pepper's cotton machine mentioned in the book; it's never actually described, so that it would seem more real. The author bites off a lot in writing about the East India Company, and I wish he had described it more in this book. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the characters and most of the story. Weaver has a biting, sarcastic wit, and he had me laughing at many places in the novel; he's is the reason why I keep turning back to this series.
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