Quicksilver
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A reading commitment, but worth it submitted by LibraryMaven on August 5, 2014, 9:54am The Baroque Cycle, of which Quicksilver is the first volume, is a sprawling historical epic that touches on nearly everyone and everything of importance during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. The Enlightenment, scientific discovery, the weirdness of Isaac Newton, political intrigue, piracy, trade...this book has it all. Yes, it is over 800 pages, and yes, the entire cycle is about 2000 pages so it is a bit of a reading commitment. But in my estimation it is entirely worth it- swashbuckling adventure and humor (we forget that people in the past were funny) make it go quickly and there are characters that linger in your mind long afterward.
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The Baroque cycle
1.
PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 927 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780060593087
SUBJECTS
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
Seventeenth century -- Fiction.
Eighteenth century -- Fiction.
Scientists -- Fiction.
Alchemists -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Adventure fiction.