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Quicksilver / Neal Stephenson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephenson, Neal.
- Series:
- Stephenson, Neal. Baroque cycle ; v. 1.
- The Baroque cycle ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure stories.
- Eighteenth century.
- Seventeenth century.
- Seventeenth century--Fiction.
- Eighteenth century--Fiction.
- Scientists--Fiction.
- Scientists.
- Alchemists--Fiction.
- Alchemists.
- Genre:
- Adventure stories.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Adventure fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 927, 16 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First Perennial edition.
- Other Title:
- Quick silver
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Perennial, 2004.
- Summary:
- "Quicksilver 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 it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance"--Page 4 of cover.
- Notes:
- Previously published: New York : William Morrow, ©2003.
- Includes "P.S. Insights, interviews & more" (16 p. following p. 927).
- Cover design by Richard L. Aquan.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 89611
- ISBN:
- 0060593083
- 9780060593087
- OCLC:
- 56669004
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