La Conjura / A Spectacle of Corruption

from JBD1

A Spectacle of Corruption is David Liss' sequel to the excellent A Conspiracy of Paper, and includes appearances by many of the same characters. In Spectacle, Liss ably tackles the knotty mess that was British politics in the early Hanoverian era: Whigs, Tories, Jacobite plots, rough-housing at t...

from BooksForDinner

C'mon David, I know you're a member here, let's have the next one! I've been waiting since the late 1950's! Seriously, I think this might even be better than 'Paper.'

from DWWilkin

I am tempted to say that the convolutions that the book undergoes is almost not necessary to be a good read. But those twists and turns make it complex and a much better read because of them. We open at the trial for murder, so we have one body. Again bodies accumulate along the way, and we see i...

from kshaffar

David Liss is a master of historical fiction. This book about an English election in Georgian England is chock full of interesting detail. The story is fascinating and the characters are immediately accessible. I read The Conspiracy of Paper first and still find that Benjamin Weaver is one of my ...

from Oregonreader

This is a sequel to David Liss's first novel A Conspiracy of Paper. Ben Weaver finds himself accused and found guilty of murder. His attempts to clear himself lead him into a labyrinth of political intrigue involving Whigs, Tories, and Jacobites. He gives a good look at the English political syst...