A Conspiracy of Paper (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David Liss
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1719
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Benjamin Weaver, Jonathan Wild, Miguel Lienzo, Miriam Lienzo, Sir Owen Nettleton, Elias Gordon, Perceval Bloathwait, Nathan Adelman, Abraham Mendes, William Balfour, Kate Cole, Sarmento, John Duncombe
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Eighteenth century, London, Private investigators, England
- Locales: London, England
The twentieth century world of electronic commerce, with hundreds of Internet companies sprouting each week and investors looking to make millions quickly, has its origins in London’s Exchange Alley of the early eighteenth century. Just as the Internet has had an enormous impact on the international economy, something entirely new—paper money—was driving the British economy of 1719. The Bank of England, repository of the nation’s wealth, and the South Sea Company, which sold essentially worthless stock, struggled for control of this new financial world with the assistance of...
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