The Day of Atonement

De: David Liss

Narrado por: Samuel Roukin

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 13 years old. Now trained in the arts of coercion by bounty hunter Benjamin Weaver - whom listeners 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.

©2014 David Liss (P)2014 Recorded Books

Another wonderful story from Liss

David Liss has a gift for bringing the past to life—every one of his books is immersion in a historical world and riveting story. Once again, I couldn’t stop listening once I’d started.

Complicated and fast-paced

A typical excitingDavid Liss historical fiction except that this one is based in Portugal during the inquisition making the multiple character names difficult to understand and follow. I also found the daring exploits of the protagonist Sebastian Fox exciting but taxing on my credulity. As typical of Loss' books, there is a complex (for me, anyway) financial swindle as a centerpiece. A good listen but a little overdone in the swashbuckling department.

David Liss is one of the best

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I am a fan of historical novels on the whole but to me, David Liss is one of the best and has created a niche, filling it with interesting characters and surprisingly engaging plots. The coffee trade, the stock market and the inquisition could veer to boring but never do with Liss' characters. While Sebastian Foxx is an interesting lead, I did miss Benjamin Weaver.

Tim T

Loved it!!
From beginning to end I was gripped and delighted in each twists and turn.

Grim, but redemptive.

Lisa always makes difficult topics accessible, like post war economics, or finer points of colonialism.This novel takes on the Inquisition in Lisbon, where a Jewish boy is extracted from Portugal to England by a businessman. He will be trained as a thief taker by a character familiar for other novels. His return to Lisbon to quell his relentless anger is heartbreaking violent and utterly credible. At times the novel was so emotional I had to put it down but I am glad I persisted