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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1)
Full title: | Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1) |
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ISBN: | 9780060833169 |
ISBN 10: | 0060833165 |
Authors: | Stephenson, Neal |
Publisher: | HarperTorch |
Edition: | The Baroque Cycle No |
Num. pages: | 480 |
Binding: | Mass Market Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2006 |
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Synopsis
in Which Daniel Waterhouse, Fearless Thinker And Courageous Puritan, Pursues 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.
the New York Times
stephenson Clearly Never Intended quicksilver To Be One Of Those Meticulously Accurate Historical Novels That Capture Ways Of Thought Of Times Gone By. Instead, It Explores The Philosophical Concerns Of Today...at Its Best, The Novel Does This Through Thrillingly Clever, Suspenseful And Amusing Plot Twists.polly Shulman