Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didnt commit by a judge determined to see him hang, he is suddenlyand equally mysteriouslyoffered the means to escape.
What, you may well ask, is going on? Its 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 priestand a looming election with the potential to spark a revolution and topple the monarchy.
Handily, Weaver is a private investigator. Hes also an ex-pugilist, which is also a good thing when it comes to punching his weight in the polite 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.
What, you may well ask, is going on? Its 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 priestand a looming election with the potential to spark a revolution and topple the monarchy.
Handily, Weaver is a private investigator. Hes also an ex-pugilist, which is also a good thing when it comes to punching his weight in the polite 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.
Book ISBN: 9780349118314
Book Pages: 392
Book Publishing Year: 2005
Book Publisher: Abacus
Condition: Almost New
Country of Origin: UK
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Best Sellers, Crime and Thriller, David Liss, History, Literature and Fiction, Most Rated, Mystery, Prime Books,
Best Sellers, Crime and Thriller, David Liss, History, Literature and Fiction, Most Rated, Mystery, Prime Books,
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