The Day of Atonement, David Liss
The Day of Atonement, David Liss
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The Day of Atonement

Author: David Liss

Narrator: Samuel Roukin

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/23/2014

Synopsis

Lisbon, 1755: A distinguished-looking gentleman emerges from the bowels of a ship freshly arrived from London, and sets into the city with a singular purpose. This is Sebastian Foxx, born SebastiAo Raposa, and his parents were abducted by the Inquisition when Sebastian was just thirteen years old. Now trained in the arts of coercion by bounty hunter Benjamin Weaver-whom readers will recognize from several of Liss's other novels-Sebastian has returned to the city to repay old debts . . . and to find the man who killed his father. He'll need money. He'll need power. But most importantly, he'll need to find his allies and identify his enemies among the Inquisition's spies. David Liss is the author of The Twelfth Enchantment, The Whiskey Rebels, The Ethical Assassin, A Spectacle of Corruption, The Coffee Trader, and A Conspiracy of Paper, winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

About David Liss

David Liss is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Columbia University, where he is completing his dissertation on how the mid-eighteenth-century British novel reflects and shapes the emergence of the modern idea of personal finance. Liss has received several awards for his work, including the Columbia President's Fellowship, an A. W. Mellon Research Fellowship and the Whiting Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. He is the author of the Benjamin Weaver series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on January 20, 2020

Being that I've read a -lot- of historical novels over the decades, there are very few times that I get surprised anymore. David Liss is one of those authors that I will buy sight unseen. And this one kept me up til the early hours reading as I did not want to stop finding out the story of Sebastian......more

Goodreads review by Jean on November 30, 2014

This is an interesting historical novel about the Portuguese Inquisition. We briefly encounter Benjamin Weaver hero of other Liss works. It is 1745 and Weaver, now middle-aged, is still catching thieves. He takes under his wing a thirteen year old Portuguese boy, Sebastiao Raposa, who has been smugg......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on January 29, 2014

To be published by Random House on 9/23/2014 Fans of Benjamin Weaver, ex-boxer, thief taker, and all-around badass of 18th Century London, will be happy to know that in old age The Lion of Judea has found an apprentice. Sebastian fox (nee Sebastiao Raposa) has fled the Portuguese Inquisition. His pa......more

Goodreads review by Steven on December 12, 2014

In David Liss’ new book, The Day of Atonement we meet Sebastiao Raposa, a thirteen year old boy who is forced by his mother to flee Lisbon because of the actions of the Inquisition. In the mid 18th century Portugal is in the midst of a virulent Inquisition that targets any one and anything for what......more

Goodreads review by Kater on May 15, 2015

When I first started this book, it annoyed me because the main character, Sebastian Foxx, was really dumb in some critical ways. He revealed too much to too many people, was overwhelmed with his cleverness, and trusted people who would obviously betray him before long. But it takes place in Lisbon (......more

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