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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1) Mass market paperback - 2006
by Stephenson, Neal
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
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.
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Details
- Title Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1)
- Author Stephenson, Neal
- Binding Mass Market Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York, New York
- Date 2006-01-31
- Features Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # T42-000313315
- ISBN 9780060833169 / 0060833165
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 in (17.02 x 10.67 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Adventure and adventurers
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
First line
From the rear cover
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.
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Citations
- Science, 06/05/2009, Page 1268