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The System of the World - Couverture souple

Livre 3 sur 3: The Baroque Cycle

Neal, Stephenson

 
9780434011773: The System of the World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0434011770 ISBN 13 : 9780434011773
Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline. Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences...Wildly inventive, brilliantly conceived, The System of the World is the final volume in Neal Stephenson's hugely ambitious and compelling saga. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters in a time of genius, discovery and change, The Baroque Cycle is a magnificent and unique achievement.

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À propos de l'auteur

Neal Stephenson is the author of the novels Quicksilver, The Confusion, Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle.

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Éditeur
William Heinemann Ltd
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0434011770
ISBN 13 
9780434011773
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
912
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Personne responsable
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