Quicksilver : Volume One of the Baroque Cycle
By Neal StephensonNeal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed "New York Times" bestseller "Cryptonomicon," it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps across continents and decades with the power of a roaring tornado, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs, and all expectations. It is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox ... and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance. A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life -- a historical epic populated by the likes of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin, and King Louis XIV -- "Quicksilver" is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time. And it's just the beginning ...
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Book details
- Paperback
- 944 pages
- English
- 0380977427
- 9780380977420
About Neal Stephenson
neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the three-volume historical epic the baroque cycle (quicksilver, the confusion, and&nb Read More about Neal Stephenson
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