The System of the World

Informationen zum Autor Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde , Anathem ; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver , The Confusion , and The System of the World ); Cryptonomicon ; The Diamond Age ; Snow Crash , which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac . He lives in Seattle, Washington. Klappentext Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde , Anathem ; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver , The Confusion , and The System of the World ); Cryptonomicon ; The Diamond Age ; Snow Crash , which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac . He lives in Seattle, Washington. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Neal Stephenson, Stephenson Neal
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.10.2005
• EAN: 9780099463368
• ISBN: 978-0-09-946336-8
• No. of pages: 912
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 48 mm
• Series: Arrow Paperbacks; Arrow Books; Barock-Trilogie; The Baroque Cycle; Arrow Paperbacks; Baroque Cycle; Barock-Trilogie
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, quicksilver; cryptonomicon; the baroque cycle