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Jake Carnes

Ms. Frederick

ERWC

Period 4

Dear Max,

Have you ever wondered what happened to businessmen who went into debt in the

eighteenth century? Well, David Lisss book Conspiracy of Paper gives valuable insight to this

often overlooked crime in an industrious society.

The book begins with the main protagonist, Benjamin Weaver coming from a wealthy

family who resides in South London; until the sudden and unexplained death of Benjamins

father. Tragically affected by the ambiguity of his fathers passing, young Benjamin begins to

conduct his own investigation as to what transpired. Entering archaic Old-English coffee houses

in search of his fathers closest rivals, Benjamin begins to navigate the cruel and indifferent

world of English stock jobbers and investors. As this historical and suspenseful novel

progresses, the youth, impulsiveness and inexperience begins to catch up with the main character

as the nature of his investigation takes a more sinister direction.

Despite the blanket of darkness that is about to encompass him, Benjamin remains

optimistic about the progressiveness and efficiency of the investigation that he has taken upon

since the beginning of the story. All seems as if the conclusion of the book will be a clean road

ahead, until the mistake that Benjamin made in the beginning of the novel catches up to him: hes

following in the exact footsteps of his deceased father. The smoking gun in this predicament is

that if he keeps going as he is inclined to do, his fathers fate will almost certainly become his
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own. Can he avoid another mans fate and find out the details to his fathers unexplained death?

Check out a copy of Conspiracy of Paper to take the Old-English journey to find out!

Sincerely,

Jake