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The confusion / vol. II of the Baroque cycle

In this successor to his bestselling 'Quicksilver', Neal Stephenson continues his extraordinary 'Baroque Cycle'. The story begins when a group of Barbary galley slaves plot to steal a huge cache of Spanish gold during the late 1600s. Originally published: London: William Heinemann, 2004.

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  • ""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."
  • "In this successor to his bestselling 'Quicksilver', Neal Stephenson continues his extraordinary 'Baroque Cycle'. The story begins when a group of Barbary galley slaves plot to steal a huge cache of Spanish gold during the late 1600s. Originally published: London: William Heinemann, 2004."@en
  • "aIn 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.In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession.Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous rivalry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which his world has descended.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more."
  • "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. In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession. Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous rivalry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which his world has descended.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more."@en
  • "While a group of Barbary galley slaves plots to escape their lives of servitude on board a seventeenth-century pirate ship, spy and socialite Eliza is forcibly returned to the court of the Sun King."@en
  • "Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, master of markets, pawn and confident of enemy kings, one-time Turkish harem girl, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer."

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  • "Adventure fiction"@en
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  • "La confusión : volumen dos del Ciclo barroco"@es
  • "The confusion : vol. II of The baroque cycle"
  • "La confusión Primera parte volumen dos del Ciclo barroco"@es
  • "Confusion"
  • "The confusion / vol. II of the Baroque cycle"@en
  • "Confusion : Roman"
  • "Smeshenʹe"
  • "Confusione"@it
  • "Confusione"
  • "The confusion : Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle"@en
  • "La Confusión"
  • "The confusion / The Baroque Cycle"@en
  • "Смешенье"
  • "The confusion : Volume II of the Baroque Cycle"@en
  • "The confusion"
  • "The confusion"@en
  • "The Confusion"
  • "La confusión"@es
  • "La confusión"
  • "La confusión : volumen dos del ciclo barroco"@es
  • "Confusion Roman"
  • "The confusion. [2]"@en

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