- Fiction, Married people, Veterans, Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794
David Liss's bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- David Liss
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 548
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Random House Publishing Group, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812974539
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