A Spectacle of Corruption
of David Liss (Goodreads Author)
Series: Benjamin Weaver #2
Description
Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didnât commit by a judge determined to see him hang, he is suddenlyâand equally mysteriouslyâoffered the means to escape.What, you may well ask, is going on? Itâs a question Weaver asks of himself as he slinks out into the London night on a mission to clear his name. In doing so, he steps straight into a labyrinthine plot that weaves, like Benjamin, across eighteenth century London.For the conspiracy against him is part of a grimmer and gaudier picture: one that encompasses double-dealings and dockworkers, the extorting of a priestâand a looming election with the potential to spark a revolution and topple the monarchy.Handily, Weaver is a private investigator. Heâs also an ex-pugilist, which is also a good thing when it comes to punching his weight in the âpoliteâ society of plotters and politicians, power-brokers, crime lords, assassins and spies. At the apex of which sits, rather precariously, a recent import from Hanover: the king.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 392 pages
- Publisher Abacus
- Publication Date May 5th 2005
- First Publication 11/06/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9780349118314
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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