Quicksilver is a historical novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2003. It is the first volume of The Baroque Cycle, his late Baroque historical fiction series, succeeded by The Confusion and The Sys
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Cover of John Wilkins' An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language
Painting by Frans Geffels representing the Relief of Vienna of 1683, in which the character Jack participates.
William of Orange leading troops at Brixham in Torbay, November 5, 1688, during the campaign that became The Glorious Revolution
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Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, drawing thematic parallels between wartime secrecy and modern information control, emphasizing the role of information in political, m
Quicksilver (Stephenson novel)
…Netherlands, where Eliza becomes entangled in commerce and politics. Quicksilver operates in the same fictional universe as Stephenson's earlier novel Cryptonomicon, in which descendants of Quicksilver characters Shaftoe and Waterhouse appear prominently. During the period in which he wrote Cryptonomicon, Stephenson…
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