The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2
Harper Perennial
June 2005
On Sale: June 1, 2005
848 pages ISBN: 0060733357 EAN: 9780060733353 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
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.
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