| Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle #1 Contributor(s): Stephenson, Neal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060833165 ISBN-13: 9780060833169 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: Set against the backdrop of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, this first installment of Stephenson's multi-volume epic is available in mass market. The Baroque Cycle brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined an age. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Baroque Cycle |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.2" W x 6.7" (0.50 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stephenson, Neal: - Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington. |