An outsider in eighteenth-century London, Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves.
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Review:
.....a tale of eighteenth century finance, murder and religion that is a remarkable debut and a thoroughly satisfying novel (Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)
A tremendously smart, assured and entertaining novel; an intricate mystery, a colourful rogue s' gallery and, improbably, a history lesson on the birth of the stock market (NEWSWEEK)
An evocation of English history that you can happily get lost in for days. (NEW YORK TIMES)
...Adroitly plotted and related with a great deal of panache (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Book Description:
A garrulous prostitute. A Jewish boxer. The mysterious death of a father ... and the origins of the modern stock market.
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