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Quicksilver / Neal Stephenson.

Stephenson, Neal. (Author).

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, confidate, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance." -- Page [4] of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060593083
  • ISBN: 9780060593087
  • ISBN: 9780060833169
  • ISBN: 0380977427
  • ISBN: 9780380977420
  • Physical Description: viii, 927 pages, 16 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First Perennial edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Perennial, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes "P.S. Insights, Interviews & More..."
Publisher and paging may vary.
Subject:
Alchemists > Fiction.
Eighteenth century > Fiction.
Scientists > Fiction.
Seventeenth century > Fiction.
Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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BHM Headquarters Library FIC (Text) 38344101013397 Adult Fiction Available -
Canton Library F (Text) 33115005220733 Adult Fiction Available -
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