King of the Vagabonds

The Baroque Cycle #2

Mass Market Paperback, 377 pages

English language

Published March 8, 2006 by HarperTorch.

ISBN:
978-0-06-083317-6
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OCLC Number:
64576653

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4 stars (1 review)

A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin-turned-legendary swashbuckling adventurer -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. . . and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance. --back cover

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4 stars

It's kind of difficult to know how to review a book that's part of a three-volume, eight book series. I can say that if you've committed yourself to finishing the Baroque Cycle before reading Stephenson's upcoming Anathem, this one is like a nice palate cleanser following Quicksilver. More vagabond-fueled adventure, less binary arithmetic. Now I feel refreshed, and once again ready to follow the complicated social and cultural implications of calculus through another narrative. Sexy! Or something.

Subjects

  • Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Fiction.
  • Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Fiction.
  • Scientists -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
  • Counterfeiters -- Fiction.
  • Criminals -- Fiction.
  • Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714 -- Fiction.