The System Of The World by Neal Stephenson
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.
Neal Stephenson has saved the best until last with The System of the World, a fittingly breathtaking conclusion to his Baroque Cycle, implausibly trumping all of the trilogy's previous strengths, but unfortunately introducing one weakness in that the whole rambunctiously magnificent undertaking had to end -- Christopher Brookmyre * Glasgow Herald *
Truly remarkable * LA Times *
Historical fiction was never this much fun - or this successful * Entertainment Weekly *
Truly remarkable * LA Times *
Historical fiction was never this much fun - or this successful * Entertainment Weekly *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099463368 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099463369 |
| Title | The System Of The World |
| Author | Neal Stephenson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2005-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 912 |
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