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From your acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Newspaper comes a superb historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, David Liss has created one of fictions most enthralling heroes. The year is 1722. Ruffian for seek the services of, ex-boxer, and master of disguise, Weaver discovers himself found in a fatal game of feline and mouse, pitted against Jerome Cobb, a wealthy and inexplicable schemer who needs Weavers durability and guile for his own treacherous strategies. Weaver is blackmailed into stealing documents from Englands most greatly guarded real estate, the head office of the ruthless Uk East India Company, however the theft of corporate secrets is only the first move around in a daring conspiracy within the eighteenth centurys most effective corporation. To save his friends and family from Cobbs reach, Weaver must infiltrate the Company, find their way its warring factions, and discover a secret storyline of corporate rivals, overseas spies, and administration operatives. With the security of the country on the line, Weaver will see himself in a labyrinth of concealed agendas, daring opponents, and unexpected allies. With the explosive action and scrupulous period research that are David Lisss trademarks, The Devils Company, depicting the delivery of the modern firm, is the most impressive achievement yet from an writer who continues to set ever higher requirements for historical suspense.
