Quicksilver
Subtitle: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle
Edition: printing (9)
Series: Baroque Cycle, Volume 1
Publisher: Arrow Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 926
ISBN-13: 9780099410683
Copyright date: 2003
Description: A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy that sweeps across continents and decades, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs and all expectations. Bringing a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life – in an historical epic populated by Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin and King Louis XIV – Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most remarkable and original writers of our time.
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