King of the Vagabonds

audio cd

Published Sept. 13, 2010 by Brilliance Audio.

ISBN:
978-1-4418-7651-5
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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

Also contained in Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle

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reviewed King of the Vagabonds by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle #2)

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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.