num_pages: 400
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.--back cover
language: English
title: King of the Vagabonds
titlecomplete: King of the Vagabonds (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 2)
characters: Jack Shaftoe, Eliza
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 2381
series: The Baroque Cycle (8 volume)
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks