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.
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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.
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Add this copy of Quicksilver (the Baroque Cycle) to cart. $45.43, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Brilliance Audio.
A marvelous romp through a fictional 17th century! Pirates, harem girls, philosophers, vagabonds! Sex, war, insane royalty and the history of monetary currency! It's all here, folks!
And it is one big volume of 3 big, intelligent, fun 3 volume set. Do ya like Big Books? Not afraid of a story with more than 6 characters in it? Can you handle science, a bit of philosophy, and some syphilitic hallucinations now and again?
This book is not for shallow people.
But it might be for you.
cinnie
Sep 4, 2009
Awful
If you are an avid reader as I am, do not waste your time on this or any other Neal Stephenson book. There are many avenues the book could take to make it interesting, instead the author decides to clutter it with "stuff" that you hope will be tied in later in the book but then are disappointed that it is not. What a waste of precious reading time! I even read the 2nd Barque Cycle novel to make sure Quicksilver wasn't a fluke, but it appears that they are all the same. Do not waste your time.
