King of the Vagabonds
Subtitle: The Baroque Cycle #2
By: Neal Stephenson
Edition: 1st HarperTorch Printing (1)
Series: The Baroque Cycle #2
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: 2006 03
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780060833176
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Fiction.; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Fiction.; Scientists -- Crimes against -- Fiction.; Counterfeiters -- Fiction.; Criminals -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
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.
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Notes: US/CAN