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1) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Baroque cycle volume 1
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Baroque cycle volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a power struggle between the throne-seeking Tories and Whigs in early eighteenth-century England, Daniel Waterhouse teams up with Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group that uses time bombs to kill Natural Philosophers.
Author
Series
Baroque cycle volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold"--Cover page 4.
Author
Series
Baroque cycle volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of 'Half-Cocked Jack' Shaftoe, London street urchin turned legendary swashbuckling adventurer, risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance.
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