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Title: A boring slog that doesn't live up to its potential
Review: I read David Liss' "A conspiracy of Paper" and "The Coffee Trader" and enjoyed both, so when I purchased "A Spectacle of Corruption" I was looking forward to another jaunt through England in the 1720's (the 1722 general election in particular). I studied European history in college and love historical fiction set in the eighteenth century. However the plot never really grabbed me, the characters behaved like cartoons rather than real people, and I gave up just over half-way. I cannot recommend this to anyone.
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