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The Whiskey Rebels is a wondrous weaving of fact with imagination, propelling the reader back to a time when America was young. It's unadorned reality, told in drum tight prose, is as sharp as a piece of broken glass. David Liss is a clear master of historical fiction.
What a wonderful book. Historical fiction is notoriously difficult to do well, but David Liss has mastered the art, and The Whiskey Rebels is an absorbing and entertaining novel of the American Revolution. A thriller with Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton-an excellent idea, brilliantly executed.
David Liss is a terrific novelist with a gift for imagining another time, another place. He is one of the best.
David Liss's The Whiskey Rebels is a breathtaking, breakneck tale from the interwoven viewpoints of a top Revolutionary spy, and of the brilliant and cunning woman who becomes both his ally and his nemesis. The powerful portrayal of an era of rampant, freebooting capitalism run amok that lay at the dawn of--and could have destroyed-- the new American republic.
David Liss turns his mastery of historical fiction to the thrilling origins of American capitalism with fantastic results. A gripping, visceral adventure of revenge, ambition and romance filled with surprising twists and insights, The Whiskey Rebels will bring Liss fans and newcomers alike under the spell of one of today's finest writes of historical fiction.
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Philadelphia, 1792. Ethan Saunders, a spy for General Washington during the war, has been forced to resign when framed for sedition. The debacle cost him his reputation and his beloved fiancée. Now, friendless and haunting the most wretched taverns, he is approached for an unlikely task-to find the missing husband of Cynthia Pearson, his onetime fiancee. The assignment leads him directly to none other than Alexander Hamilton, who is engaged in a larger struggle with political rival Thomas Jefferson while trying to build the first real financial institution of the fledgling country: the Bank of the United States. It is one of the most divisive moments in the nation’s young history. Joan Account is a young woman married to another Revolutionary War veteran. With the new states unable to pay veterans for their service, the Accounts are forced to make a desperate gamble: trade the hope of future payment for a promise of land and a better life on the frontier of western Pennsylvania. She is undaunted and determined to make of it a grand adventure… and perhaps even the inspiration for the first American Novel. And yet, unbeknownst to Joan and her husband, dire trouble brews at the frontier already, as Hamilton imposes an onerous tax on western whiskey-makers, endangering their very livelihood. As Saunders races to discover the true culprits in an ever growing conspiracy, Joan Account will become embroiled in her own cause that could determine the fate of a fragile young country. Both are patriots in their own way, and, as each is swept up in the dramatic events unfolding, they will be faced with redemption - or death.
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