In het Amsterdam van 1659 probeert een joods-Portugese handelsman zich te mengen in de opkomende koffiehandel, maar zijn vrienden zijn niet wie ze lijken, zijn vijanden zijn talrijk en de Joodse Raad volgt hem met argusogen.
David Liss Boeken
Deze auteur duikt met boeiende oog voor detail in historische periodes, waarbij hij verhalen vaak plaatst in bruisende oorden zoals het 18e-eeuwse Londen en het 17e-eeuwse Amsterdam. Zijn werken verkennen de levens van unieke personages die zich aan de rand van de samenleving bevinden, van een voormalige bokser die stroper wordt tot een koffiehandelaar. Het vermogen van de schrijver om spannende plots te verweven met een rijke historische context en ethische dilemma's, onthult uitdagingen die zowel in het verleden als in het heden relevant zijn.







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