The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle Stephenson Neal
The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle Stephenson Neal In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack --…
Specifikacia The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle Stephenson Neal
The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle Stephenson Neal
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. nay, gold ... A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ...
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 ... 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. and Daniel Waterhouse seeks