Beschreibung
As extraordinary an achievement asCryptonomicon,Quicksilveris Neal Stephenson's first novel in his acclaimed Baroque Cycle.
Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thrillerCryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a world of war, scientific, religious and political turmoil.
With a cast of characters that includes Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, Stephenson again shows his extraordinary ability to get inside a place and time; as he did for the futures of his science fiction (Snowcrash,The Diamond Age) and for WWII (Cryptonomicon), here he does for the England of the Civil War and the Europe of the Wars of Religion and the Scientific Revolution.Quicksilveris yet another tour-de-force from a writer who is simply unique.
Autorenportrait
Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author ofReamde,Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver,The Confusion, andThe System of the World);Cryptonomicon;The Diamond Age;Snow Crash, which was named one ofTimemagazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; andZodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Schlagzeile
The first novel in Neal Stephenson's acclaimed Baroque Cycle.
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