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Quicksilver

By: William Morrow

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (William Morrow)

Last Stocked on 7/30/2020

Product Info

Title
Quicksilver
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Neal Stephenson
Publish Year
2003
Pages
928
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x2"
NKG Part #
2147591875
Type
Hardcover

Description

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.